[devtalk] Adobe Air - is it safe?

joseph-harris Joseph-Harris at topmail.co.uk
Wed Aug 26 17:58:53 BST 2009


Thanks for that Matt. I have no doubt of its value in development and from a website point of view. But, for a user, how dangerous is the access to local files?

Who controls that access and how?

Joseph

From: "Matthew Macdonald-Wallace" 
> I'm running a few AIR Applications at home and at work including  
> Twitter Clients, BBC iPlayer etc.  and they all work fine.  It's great  
> to have an application that runs on Linux, Mac and windows, I may well  
> be using AIR for my next development project... :)
> 
> M.
> 
> Quoting joseph-harris <Joseph-Harris at topmail.co.uk>:
> 
>> I am considering using an application that requires Adobe Air. Since  
>>  this has the potential to give access to local files I feel uneasy   
>> about letting it on my desktop. Looks like an ad-focussing company's  
>>  dream!
>> http://www.adobe.com/products/air/faq/
>>
>> Any advice from users or those who know gratefully received.
>>
>> Joseph
>>
>> Joseph Harris  -  Debt Control Man
>> author: Control Your Debt Crisis on Your Own Terms
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