Comments on: Flash on iPhone: Video Dream or Privacy Nightmare?

By: michael allen jones

michael allen jones — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:13:37 +0000

The "Very Shortly" was posted in Feb of 2008, its now Feb of 2009, Where's the Beef? Were leaning to the new Storm Blackberry. Supports everything we need. Were a media company, We have over 60 iphones and were tired of not being able to see our own clients web needs on the spot. Last year we picked up the iphones not thinking this would be become a long time problem. It's 2009 and we can't wait any longer. We would love to come back some day but it seems hopeless with the EGO of Steve.

The Storm has better resolution and better sound. What I really care about is the flash and video. Future is now. I will miss my apps but this is business. Were a MAC based operation, and didn't really want to make these changes but again we cannot wait another penny. My employees are constantly having to pull over to the local coffee house and whip out a latte and the laptop just to help a client. TIME AND MONEY. Plus it really ticks me when were trying to move forward in thinking yet it feels like were moving back in time with capability. Clients want it now, and thats my bottom line. Now is what my clients get.

Apples new motto should be "Lose the EGO Steve". Wake up Steve its 2009.

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By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:47:32 +0000

Thanks Josh. It’s obscure cookie handling like that which gives me pause about Adobe and their intentions.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:47:01 +0000

On OSX these cookies are in ~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/#SharedObjects/RARVP7KA/ and ~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys/ and can be deleted through the Finder.

(On my system anyways...)

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:32:35 +0000

@Dieter, does WinMob actually provide specific Flash cookie management? It's fairly obscure even on the desktop (as mentioned on the article, you need to go to a Macromedia weblink -- though some might be surfaced on plugin settings as well).

Bottom line, and as a guy who works in IT and has to deal with security, Flash are a dodgy technology to me and I wish Adobe was more upfront about them and provided far more obvious and easily accessible privacy controls for end-users.

By: Dieter Bohn

Dieter Bohn — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:59:37 +0000

@surur – Yes, legit point for sure. OTOH, granular cookie management is much easier on a WinMo device than it is on the iPhone — I doubt that Apple plans to introduce it and I’d be surprised to see a 3rd party app be able to do the same. So if Flash is able to smuggle in cookies, that’s a bigger issue on the iPhone than it is on another device.

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:51:02 +0000

@Dieter: nice!

@Surur: That's also an imporant point, as is telco tracking via EMEI. However, these are "first party" relationships and to some extent you know that scorpian when you pick it up. With ad cookies, those are "third party" and you may not have any idea who you're being revorded by (see the recent Paypal/Double-Click link scandal for an example)

By: Dieter Bohn

Dieter Bohn — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:11:20 +0000

@rene: Just added the “simple” digg link to all posts!

By: surur

surur — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:02:37 +0000

Neither. It's pointing out important privacy and security concerns which people should be aware of and know how to manage, be it on the iPhone or the desktop.

I missed your article on how Apple will know exactly which Apps you buy, and how to prevent their targeted advertising. Is that next in the series?

Surur

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:57:57 +0000

Neither. It’s pointing out important privacy and security concerns which people should be aware of and know how to manage, be it on the iPhone or the desktop.