Advertisement
Adobe Flash Player in China revises user agreement after data collection uproar
Program still widely used in China despite falling popularity elsewhere
Reading Time:2 minutes
Why you can trust SCMP
0
This article originally appeared on ABACUS
Adobe Flash might be dying in the rest of the world, but in China it’s still making waves -- but probably not the way it wants.
Chinese media found that a user agreement in the China version of Adobe Flash Player asked for the rights to collect and share user data with third parties. It also requested users to give up the right to sue in the case of data leaks.
Some Chinese internet users were outraged and disappointed.
A Weibo user wrote, sarcastically, “Is it that all the bad guys are coming to China? Or is it that all the good guys who come to China would eventually turn bad?”
Another Weibo user wrote, “This is called -- When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”
Flash used to be ubiquitous on the internet, powering most media content online. But over the years it's drawn frequent criticisms for being insecure and bulky.
Advertisement