You Deleted Your Cookies? Think Again

[cby016]

Interesting internet privacy article.

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/08/ ... ink-again/

More than half of the internet’s top websites use a little known capability of Adobe’s Flash plug-in to track users and store information about them, but only four of them mention the so-called Flash Cookies in their privacy policies, UC Berkeley researchers reported Monday.

Unlike traditional browser cookies, Flash cookies are relatively unknown to web users, and they are not controlled through the cookie privacy controls in a browser. That means even if a user thinks they have cleared their computer of tracking objects, they most likely have not.

Read More http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/08/ ... z0wyOuZtlQ

If you are concerned about this type of flash cookie invading your privacy you can use this firefox add on to delete them.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6623/

[Quiet Cricket]

Thanks for the tip.

[cby016]

No problem. I've been a web programmer for a few years now and I'd never heard about these until a few months ago. My buddy who does web development didn't know about them either. I figured I'd try to get the word out because if we didn't know about these cookies, probably not many people do.

[loveoneanother]

Well, I installed the thing, and started having problems right away! and now I can't even use Firefox because my windows xp is corrupt! I am using Internet explorer, that I somehow managed to find and use....just luck. Do you know if I can do a system install for my XP on line from MS if I have my license number? I tried, and can't even do a system restore to an earlier date......

I just want my program back, darn it!!

[pritchet1]

On the Mac, open Firefox >Tools > Add-ons, Search for BetterPrivacy. Download.

[Toto]

What you takkin bout Willis?