flash cookies

[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 08 September 2009, Julian Aloofi wrote:
>Am Dienstag, 8. September 2009 18:51:16 schrieb Les:
>> Have all of you seen this:
>>
>> http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=2299&tag=nl.e036
>>
>> It appears that Adobe flash can generate its own form of cookie and even
>> respawn HTTP cookies after your browser closes.
>>
>> I don't know yet if this affects our Fedora machines, but what a sneaky
>> piece of crap.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Les H
>
>Yeah, they've been doing that for a while. If you're using the Adobe Flash
>player, you're affected.
>
>> but what a sneaky piece of crap.
>
>I agree. But this way they're sure the cookies can be stored platform- and
>browser-independently. There is a Firefox extension to remove them
>automatically:
>https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/6623
>
Is there an English language version of this?  Its been 50+ years since I 
tried to read a telefunken schematic. :)

>Regards,
>Julian


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