Adobe’s CS3 ’spying scandal’
by dosig ~ March 24th, 2008. Filed under: softwares.For those who are using adobe CS3, you need to read this…
Bloggers recently cried foul, warning that Adobe’s CS3 creative applications are “spying†on customers by sending information to Omniture, a major Web analytics company. Now an Adobe blogger counters with details on the tracking program.
The origin of the kerfuffle was Lies, Lies and Adobe Spies posted on Wednesday. A number of other sites ran with it.
Adobe blogger John Nack on Friday responded with some real information. He said that the company tracks things via Omniture in its applications:
•The welcome screens (these things) in some Adobe apps include a Flash SWF file that loads current news, special offers, etc. These requests hit Adobe.com servers and are logged, like regular browser-based traffic, by Omniture.
•Adobe Bridge embeds both the Opera browser and the Flash Player, both of which can be used to load Adobe-hosted content. These requests are also logged.
•Adobe apps can call various online resources (online help, user forums, etc.), and those requests are logged.
