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[Nathanaël Naeri <1544409@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gérald:

> So I only installed browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash
> (without pepperflashplugin-nonfree) and Firefox shows « You
> have version 21,0,0,213 installed » on the page
> http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ and « Shockwave
> Flash 13.1 r2 » in plugins.

It's all right, you're using the right plugin. The difference in
reported versions between Adobe's test page and about:plugins is a known
issue (https://github.com/i-rinat/freshplayerplugin/blob/master/doc
/known-issues.md#flash-version-is-incorrect).

> I may be wrong but I think pepperflashplugin-nonfree does
> not update automatically* so it looks less safe than
> adobe-flashplugin.
>
> *one has to periodically run update-pepperflashplugin-nonfree
> --install to keep it safe

You are correct and this is a reason why adobe-flashplugin is
recommended over pepperflashplugin-nonfree (+ the browser-plugin-
freshplayer-pepperflash wrapper in both cases, if using Firefox).

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Title:
  Flash plugin from pepperflashplugin-nonfree is installed as a
  Recommends of browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash (source:
  freshplayerplugin) even if it is already installed from another
  package

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