Here is the first of two paragraphs that appears under the Security heading: I followed the link to Adobe's new "Setting the record straight" page, emphatically titled The truth about Flash. I intend no criticism of Paczkowski, who did an excellent job under the circumstances, but Geschke's statement demands some serious fact-checking. The CEO of a public company with a market cap of $18 billion can't. "Old news"? Obi-Wan Kenobi can get away with that kind of hand-waving. may have a different set of facts that they believe are accurate. We enumerate the facts about Flash there as we see them. Go to our Web site and read the actual facts about Flash. Do you think those complaints are legitimate?ĬG: I think they’re old news. JP: Both Apple and Microsoft have said publicly now that Flash has issues with reliability, security, and performance. Here's an excerpt that perfectly illustrates my concerns with Adobe's record. But John Paczkowski of Digital Daily interviewed Adobe co-founder Chuck Geschke yesterday and published a transcription of the conversation this morning. Yesterday, I rattled off some disturbing statistics about vulnerabilities in Flash Player and asked Adobe, "So, how are you planning to convince us that you’ve gotten serious about security? No one from Adobe has gotten back to me on that one. One of the key issues in this discussion is security. In talking to Adobe representatives, reading interviews with Adobe executives, and reading Adobe's public statements, I've found a steady stream of denial where there should be transparency. Yesterday, I called Adobe's Flash "the new Vista" and asked the company to start talking seriously about how they're addressing problems with their products instead of pretending those problems don't exist. Google Drive alternative: Decentralized and encrypted