Interesting twist. Of course I would guess you would have to show that
you really did experience harm from their problematic updater rather
than just the potential of harm. I just tried doing the updater by
downloading it from the Adobe Flash web site and it seemed somewhat
usable. It downloads as a disk image, I open that up and find the
updater app, open that up and it asks about how to handle future updates
with a couple unlabeled radio buttons but the descriptive text is to the
right of each one. So I pick one and continue and after a bit it
finished. You do have to quit Safari or the updater will complain and
stop. Of course once it's installed it still doesn't make the content
generated by Flash accessible. This was on OSX 10.10.3.
CB
On 4/14/15 11:48 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote:
Even if the technology may put your computer at risk for data theft because as
a screen reader user, you can’t access the updater through it’s application?
On 15/04/2015, at 1:41 pm, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
<macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Hmm, usually the web lawsuits I've read revolve around lack of access to a
particular service or product and not around a particular technology. So if the
Target or United Airlines web site was inaccessible because of using Flash,
that would put those companies on the hook for choosing their internet
technology poorly, not Adobe. Not sure outside the states but I think US
private sector doesn't have a requirement to make any old web site/technology
accessible although the circuit courts are split on whether the ADA applies or
not. Two cases were dismissed in the 9th circuit on April 1st (Netflix and
Ebay) because neither company has a physical place. I think that's too narrow
but I'm not a lawyer.
CB
On 4/14/15 8:46 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote:
Hi All,
I was doing some house cleaning and saw a flash player image opened in my disk
utility. I wondered what the hell the flash player image was doing there,
though I hadn’t opened a disk image for a year or so. Then I checked whether
the updater was accessible. No go. There are several critical updates since I
last installed it, not knowing where or which site incorporates flash. However,
I’ve installed a plugin to deny flash any playing since it’s just not
accessible.
Then I started turning wheels in my head and thought maybe a good way to get
adobe to make their flash accessible, or at least their setup/update interface
is to sue them for no accessibility, on the ground that screen reader users
cannot access the critical updates through the alerts we are given when they
are available. This may put computers at risk etc etc, but the point is not to
make money (which i doubt in any perspective is possible on such a case) but to
spotlight the fact that they have NOT made their flash component accessible, or
any other as a matter of fact.
I know flash is in decline, but it still exists around. And I don’t want my
system to be unsecure through an opening I have no control of, due to its
inaccessibility.
Open to discussion
Best regards,
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