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https://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/ https://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/ --Steve Jobs, "Thoughts on Flash," 2010

HugoDaniel 8y ago
"First, there’s “Open”. Adobe’s Flash products are 100% proprietary. They are only available from Adobe, and Adobe has sole authority as to their future enhancement, pricing, etc." oh the irony on this :D
- moreira 8y ago
  How's it ironic? Nobody claims any of Apple's stuff is "open".
  - freehunter 8y ago
    Not to mention the next paragraph in that article directly says "Apple has many proprietary products too". Not one bit of irony there if you read the entire letter.
Jonnax 8y ago
Took 9 years for it to get chucked out of the PC space. The annoying thing is that with the rise of the open web, fingerprinting has become significantly easier. Private browsing or a VPN doesn't make you anonymous because your web browser is fingerprint-able because of the peculiarities of the hardware its running on. That not to mention things like Google Chrome for Android that puts your phone model and software build number in the user agent. That puts you in a very small population especially with carrier customised software versions. Combine that with even the basics of fingerprinting, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canvas_fingerprinting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canvas_fingerprinting) then you are known.
- andrepd 8y ago
  You can disable or cripple fingerprinting by disabling or faking the data you send.
  - chrismeller 8y ago
    Tails even warns you about resizing the Tor Browser window because the size of the window could fingerprint you. The difficulty of avoiding fingerprinting multiplies exponentially depending upon how paranoid you are (or need to be). Keeping Google from knowing (passively) who you are is one level. Keeping the oppressive governmental regime you’re exposing the corruption of that has a dedicated secret police force actively attempting to track you by name is completely a different one.

HugoDaniel 8y ago

"First, there’s “Open”. Adobe’s Flash products are 100% proprietary. They are only available from Adobe, and Adobe has sole authority as to their future enhancement, pricing, etc." oh the irony on this :D

moreira 8y ago
How's it ironic? Nobody claims any of Apple's stuff is "open".
- freehunter 8y ago
  Not to mention the next paragraph in that article directly says "Apple has many proprietary products too". Not one bit of irony there if you read the entire letter.

Jonnax 8y ago

Took 9 years for it to get chucked out of the PC space. The annoying thing is that with the rise of the open web, fingerprinting has become significantly easier. Private browsing or a VPN doesn't make you anonymous because your web browser is fingerprint-able because of the peculiarities of the hardware its running on. That not to mention things like Google Chrome for Android that puts your phone model and software build number in the user agent. That puts you in a very small population especially with carrier customised software versions. Combine that with even the basics of fingerprinting, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canvas_fingerprinting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canvas_fingerprinting) then you are known.

andrepd 8y ago
You can disable or cripple fingerprinting by disabling or faking the data you send.
- chrismeller 8y ago
  Tails even warns you about resizing the Tor Browser window because the size of the window could fingerprint you. The difficulty of avoiding fingerprinting multiplies exponentially depending upon how paranoid you are (or need to be). Keeping Google from knowing (passively) who you are is one level. Keeping the oppressive governmental regime you’re exposing the corruption of that has a dedicated secret police force actively attempting to track you by name is completely a different one.