Comments on: Adobe Pops Above Google to Flash Apple (and Opera) Users

By: Adobe and Google Sitting in a Tree? Or Did Adobe Just Pwn Google? | Stay N' Alive

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:52:20 +0000

[...] their own Flash to get around Adsense’s security measures preventing popups. Jimminy Fuller investigated this last night, and gave me this explanation: Since the ad was being handled by Google Adsense, this [...]

By: Mike Chambers

Mike Chambers — Sun, 16 May 2010 09:18:18 +0000

Thanks. I am still looking into to this and trying to figure out what is going on.

mike chambers

mesh@adobe.com

By: James Fuller

James Fuller — Sun, 16 May 2010 07:05:56 +0000

Mike, they were served by AdSense, but they originated from Doubleclick.

By: Mike Chambers

Mike Chambers — Sun, 16 May 2010 06:20:32 +0000

Are you sure the ads were served via Google Ad Sense? I have been looking into this, and from what I understand, we did not distribute any of the ads via AdSense.

mike chambers

mesh@adobe.com

By: Mike Chambers

Mike Chambers — Sun, 16 May 2010 04:18:18 +0000

Thanks. I am still looking into to this and trying to figure out what is going on.

mike chambers

mesh@adobe.com

By: Adobe Targets Mac Owners and Opera Users In An Ad Blitz | I Love Apple Ad Campaign

Sun, 16 May 2010 04:07:04 +0000

[...] popups for Mac users. It is unclear as to how a popup ad managed to sneak into Google AdSense, but Jimminy Fuller has done some preliminary investigation on the incredibly sophisticated [...]

By: James Fuller

James Fuller — Sun, 16 May 2010 02:05:56 +0000

Mike, they were served by AdSense, but they originated from Doubleclick.

By: Mike Chambers

Mike Chambers — Sun, 16 May 2010 01:20:32 +0000

Are you sure the ads were served via Google Ad Sense? I have been looking into this, and from what I understand, we did not distribute any of the ads via AdSense.

mike chambers

mesh@adobe.com

By: Mark Essel

Mark Essel — Sat, 15 May 2010 20:33:28 +0000

Makes you wonder if others could do so without rooting the device…

By: James Fuller

James Fuller — Sat, 15 May 2010 19:08:13 +0000

You were also clear, about what you meant, but I was shocked at some
people who it appeared looked no further than the title, and were
commenting that they didn't understand how it would work on an
iPhone/iPad. It would have been interesting if Adobe would have found
a way to backdoor Flash onto the devices, that would have shown Apple.