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On Thu, 30 Oct 2014 15:32:02 +0000 (UTC) |
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James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Walter Dnes <waltdnes <at> waltdnes.org> writes: |
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> > You also mentioned "flash cookies" in passing. They're a totally |
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> > different animal. They're files that reside in directories |
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> > ~/.adobe and ~/.macromedia. |
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> Only those (2) apps have flash cookies? |
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I never find them in ~/.adobe, so I think only ~/.macromedia has them. |
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> Flashcookies are new issues for me. |
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> What the heck are they being used by these apps? |
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> Just to avoid detection and removal? |
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> If so, it seems somebody would create and add_on to |
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> deal with this crap or include this "cleansing" via |
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> an establish security script......? |
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<https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/betterprivacy/> gives pretty |
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good options for deleting them on open, close, or using a timer. It |
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also lets you protect some from cleaning if you want. I don't protect |
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any of mine, including the one which stores basic Flash settings, |
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without noticing any ill effects on pages which use Flash. |
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