What I've done is used my server to sign requests for the Flex app, so
the secret key is not in the actionscript source code.

Shan

On Jun 8, 8:04 am, Justin Richer <[email protected]> wrote:
> There are a couple of recent threads here talking about this very
> problem. You're right in thinking that a consumer key/secret passed to
> the app like that is not secure and could be copied over to another
> app. For one approach, Google's has been to use anonymous/anonymous as
> the key/secret pair and have the SP know that this is a special
> untrusted pairing. But the short answer is that, as far as I know,
> there is not a direct solution to this issue yet.
>
> Check the archives of this list here for posts desktop/heavy apps for
> more info.
>
>  -- justin
>
> On Jun 8, 1:58 am, joaquindiez <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi all,
>
> > I am developing my first Flex Widget and I have to use OAuth to access
> > the provider information. This provider has give the access key and
> > secret.
>
> > The question is if it is secure enough to store it hardcoded in the
> > widget ( I do not think so)....or if some of you have use another
> > solution on a similar problem...like in Iphone application.. or
> > desktop applications that use OAUTH.
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