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, >> >> > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
