MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-LEARNING ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 IN FLASH Manual page 682

When older content runs in a newer version of the player, and Flash Player needs you to make
a decision about enforcing newer rules or not, you may see one of the following pop-up dialog
boxes. These dialog boxes ask your permission before allowing the older Flash content to
communicate with other locations on the Internet:
A dialog box might appear alerting you that the Flash content you are using is trying to
use older security rules to access information from a site outside its own domain, and that
information might be shared between two sites. Flash Player asks if you want to allow or
deny such access.
In addition to responding to the dialog box, you can use the Global Security Settings
panel to specify whether Flash Player should always ask for your permission, through the
dialog box, before allowing access; always deny access, without asking first; or always allow
access to other sites or domains without asking your permission.
(Flash Player 8 only) A dialog box might appear alerting you that a SWF file is trying to
communicate with the Internet. Flash Player 8 doesn't let local Flash content
communicate with the Internet, by default.
Click Settings to access the Global Security Settings panel, where you can specify that
certain Flash applications on your computer may communicate with the Internet.
To change your security settings or learn more about your options, you use the Global
Security Settings panel. Use this panel to reset the privacy settings in Macromedia
Flash Player:
If you select Always Deny and then confirm your selection, any website that tries to use
your camera or microphone is denied access. You are not asked again whether a website
can use your camera or microphone. This action applies both to websites you have already
visited and to those you haven't yet visited.
If you select Always Ask and then confirm your selection, any website that tries to use your
camera or microphone must ask your permission. This action applies both to websites you
have already visited and to those you haven't yet visited.
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