Adobe Warns of Security Issues With Flash Player 10.3 for Smartphones

[dgstorm]

According to Adobe, smartphone users need to make sure to update their Flash player to the newest version, 10.3.185.23, because the previous version of 10.3 has a security flaw. The vulnerability allows a malicious software site to send you a fake email designed to trick you into clicking on a malicious link and further infecting your phone. Adobe's latest version fixes the problem, but it seems as if these security flaws with Flash are coming more frequently.

Source: PhoneArena

 

[UNC]

Really???? Why does Mr. Jobs always have to be right?

 

[peterjariel]

Mr. Jobs is probably the one doing this!!!

 

[cdguylhs]

how do you update flash on a droid x? i have flash 10.1.106.17

 

[reposter432]

It isn't listed in my apps, so I just went to the Market and it has "Update" if you already have it installed.

 

[google123]

Dammitt Adobe, remind me again why we need Flash on our Android phones with daily security issues.

 

[Masamichi7]

For one, to update, go to Market, hit the menu button on the phone, press My Apps, and it will automatically check for updates.
Two, Flash is optional, and you can also disable using Flash plugins from the browser, so you really don't have to use it at all.

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[Masamichi7]

And on a side note, Adobe already patched the security issue way earlier today.

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[DroidMastar2]

And on a side note, Adobe already patched the security issue way earlier today.

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It's not the point that it's already been patched... it's the fact that it needed to be patched again due to security issues... Like i said in another post about flash... it's unstable. and was never really a selling point for me when Tablet shopping.

 

[RyanPm40]

So don't go to sketchy flash websites and don't click links in emails from people you don't know... it's really not that difficult to have some common sense, people xD.

 

[Natey2]

how do you update flash on a droid x? i have flash 10.1.106.17

I could have sworn I had something newer than 10.1 before my OTA GB update. Did GB downgrade my Flash version back to 10.1?

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[hookbill]

Adobe is ver vulnerable to attacks and that's exactly why Steve Jobs says no for the phones and iPad. iMac it is available.

They will issue a fix again. I'm not worried about it. they always update flash.

 

[Natey2]

Uhmm... Jobs is behind QuickTime, not Flash. Nothing to do with technology vulnerability, IMO.

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[Martin030908]

Uhmm... Jobs is behind QuickTime, not Flash. Nothing to do with technology vulnerability, IMO.

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+1. Vulnerability has nothing to do with his decision.

 

[UNC]

Uhmm... Jobs is behind QuickTime, not Flash. Nothing to do with technology vulnerability, IMO.

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+1. Vulnerability has nothing to do with his decision.

How you can say that so empirically?

I didn't think QuickTime was that big of a player in online media.... Just media already on the device?
From everything I've read, he is backing HTML5 vs Flash on this one, not QT.