This is about adobe AIR not Flash fools.

"AIR is intended to be a versatile runtime environment, as it allows existing Flash, Actionscript or HTML and JavaScript code to be used to construct a more traditional desktop-like program"

and

"With the Adobe® AIR® runtime, you can deliver branded rich Internet applications outside the browser that give you a closer connection to your customer."

AIR's name seems to be based on it in reverse being RIA which is short for Rich Internet Application

Not until I got flashblock on my smartphone first.

I make a great effort to try and keep my computers safe.After finding out that flash player has it own cookies I am still absolutism furious. Does not matter is it's Windows, OS X or Linux it stores data on YOUR computer. Today I will remove adobe flash from my Linux try SWFlash of another option.
We are apparently the only people WHO DON"T OWN OUR OWN COMPUTERS CORPORATE AMERICA DOES I am also calling adobe today to let them know what I think about there spyware. WILL SOMEONE WHO IS RICH out there please sue them. We do have a right to privacy don't we?

Flashblock is one of my favourite add-ons for Firefox under Linux.
I recently uninstalled all Flash programs from my XP gaming rig after Flash popped up and wanted to update.
Flash is nothing but a resource hogging advertisement platform and should be banned.