I forgot where i read this recently, but it was known as the 'microsoft media player supercookie exploit'.
There is an option to 'allow sites to uniquely identify your player' that features essentially creates a cookie that persists through reboot and clearing of caches in the system.
Even if this was not intentional, I do expect such things from closed-source software.
-- Tis man's perdition to be safe, when for the truth he ought to die.
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Or .. get a firewall that detects and controls net-bound data.
www.zonealarm.com has a great free firewall program that prevents mplayer (and others) from misbehaving.
I forgot where i read this recently, but it was known as the 'microsoft media player supercookie exploit'.
There is an option to 'allow sites to uniquely identify your player' that features essentially creates a cookie that persists through reboot and clearing of caches in the system.
Even if this was not intentional, I do expect such things from closed-source software.
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Tis man's perdition to be safe, when for the truth he ought to die.