How does Adobe AIR security differ from the browser?
Since Adobe AIR applications are persistent — installed on a user’s machine — Adobe AIR has a security model that is more like desktop applications. The browser sandbox provides a restricted environment for running web applications that can come from various sources, including anonymous or untrusted websites. Adobe AIR, like other desktop runtimes, provides applications with access to powerful capabilities, such as local file access, which should be provided only to “trusted” applications. Adobe AIR improves on the security model of most desktop runtimes by providing information about the security of an application before it’s installed and configured on the end user’s system.
