I absolutely hate Stephen Leacock's quote that Gmail keeps pushing on me through the ads. I see it every single time I sign in, and it's not even witty or funny.
"I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so."
domingo, 20 de junio de 2010
viernes, 11 de junio de 2010
Adobe AIR
Today I got a notice to update Flash Player to version 10.1, and I was about to accept terms of use when I realized that this was the first time I was being asked for this (that I could recall). If this was the case, then it must be because they had changed something. I decided to look, and I saw that with Flash, I would have to install Adobe AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime). From what I have read, it's a platform for many web apps, and it's supposed to be useful.
The problem is that in the EULA I found a section that says AIR has a function similar to BitTorrent's BTDNA. This means that to save server bandwidth, your computer might connect to other personal computers to assist each other in the download of whatever it is you're doing.
They should probably be more upfront about this. There are also 2 other sections (7.1 and 7.3) that talk about ads in online PDFs and how you connect to third parties, and LSOs which I'm not that comfortable with. Is it safe? I have no clue. It's not very airtight in the privacy department though.
Here's what the EULA says:
"7.5 Peer Assisted Networking Technology. Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR runtimes provide the
ability for applications built by third parties to connect to an Adobe Server or Service and permit direct
communication between two Adobe Runtime clients or to connect an Adobe Runtime client as part of a
peer or distributed network that allows a portion of your resources, such as network bandwidth, to be
made directly available to other participants. Prior to joining such peer or distributed network, you will
be provided with the opportunity to accept such connectivity. To manage Peer Assisted Networking
settings, please go to the Settings Manager at http://www.adobe.com/go/settmgr_networking_en.
You can find more information on Peer Assisted Networking at http://www.adobe.com/go/RTMFP."
The problem is that in the EULA I found a section that says AIR has a function similar to BitTorrent's BTDNA. This means that to save server bandwidth, your computer might connect to other personal computers to assist each other in the download of whatever it is you're doing.
They should probably be more upfront about this. There are also 2 other sections (7.1 and 7.3) that talk about ads in online PDFs and how you connect to third parties, and LSOs which I'm not that comfortable with. Is it safe? I have no clue. It's not very airtight in the privacy department though.
Here's what the EULA says:
"7.5 Peer Assisted Networking Technology. Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR runtimes provide the
ability for applications built by third parties to connect to an Adobe Server or Service and permit direct
communication between two Adobe Runtime clients or to connect an Adobe Runtime client as part of a
peer or distributed network that allows a portion of your resources, such as network bandwidth, to be
made directly available to other participants. Prior to joining such peer or distributed network, you will
be provided with the opportunity to accept such connectivity. To manage Peer Assisted Networking
settings, please go to the Settings Manager at http://www.adobe.com/go/settmgr_networking_en.
You can find more information on Peer Assisted Networking at http://www.adobe.com/go/RTMFP."
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