Google's decision to push Adobe Flash security fixes using Chrome's silent update service has resulted in a seven-fold increase in patching speed, a Google software engineer said.

Adobe issued an update Aug. 10 for Flash Player that patched six vulnerabilities. Within two days, more than 70% of Chrome users were running the fixed Flash, said Panayiotis Mavrommatis, a developer who works on Google's security team.

That update pace was seven times faster than in June, when Adobe shipped a much larger set of Flash fixes. According to Mavrommatis, it took about 14 days for about 70% of Chrome users to upgrade to the then-newest version of Adobe's popular media player.

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