Re: [flalug] Flash Cookies: The Silent Privacy Killer

From: draeath (draeath@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Oct 14 2008 - 18:17:00 EDT


I use firefox with noscript, so the only flash that loads is accepted
manually. Probably a good compromise between run-it-all and no-flash...
;)

On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 6:01 pm, Eben King wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Oct 2008, Tom Mahoney wrote:
>
>> tom smith wrote:
>>> I recommend those who are concerned about privacy use the adobe flash
>>> tool to remove the flash cookies.
>>> Smitty
>>> http://www.imasuper.com/66/technology/flash-cookies-the-silent-privacy-killer/
>
>> Thanks! I was shocked at the some of the sites storing cookies on my
>> machine.
>
> I solve that problem by not having Flash. Bit of a drastic solution, I
> guess. Are there any workable Flash clones that make it easier either
> not to get those mega-cookies or to delete them?
>
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