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Flash Cookies, a Little-Known Privacy Threat
Wiini recommends a blog posting exploring Flash cookies, a little-known threat to privacy, and how you can get control of them. 98% of browsers have Macromedia Flash Player installed, and the cookies it enables have some interesting properties. They have no expiration date; they store 100 KB of data by default, with an unlimited maximum; they can't be deleted by your browser; and they send previous visit information and history, by default, without your permission. I was amazed at some of the sites, not visited in a year or more, that still had Flash cookies on my machine. Here's the user-unfriendly GUI for deleting them, one at a time, each one requiring confirmation.
I flashed my cookies once and did a weekend in the slammer.
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Javascript + Nintendo DSi = DSiCade
In geological terms, we're all new here.
Photons are also used by Advertisers. Thats why I ripped my eyes out.
And I'm even better than you because I use an Apple computer, don't even own a TV, and only listen to indie music. You should smell my flowery farts!
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SQL database in the browser? Oh christ. It's like emacs all over again.
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Yes, and topologically, we're all donuts.
Give him a break, that acquisition was only announced three and a half years ago, he may not have heard about it yet. I mean, he's just now hearing about the "flash cookies" which have been around for like six years.
sig? uhh, umm, ok
Who should I contact?
Is this a serious problem?