Hi All
I've been playing around a bit with flash cookies of late. For those that are privacy conscious and don't want supercookies on their systems have a look in
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash Player
make sure to replace USERNAME with your user account name so it could be
C:\Documents and Settings\somanyholes\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash Player
lots of fun in there ....
Can they all just be deleted, So?
anything in C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash Player can be deleted :)
Thanks, So :karmic:
But presumably, the cookies would just reset themselves next time you visited those websites.
But at least they will go at the end of each session.
if you want to do this in an automated fashion look at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6623
Nice one, So. :thumb:
i dont even see that folder :dunno:
so,
when I enter that string I get two folders - #Shared Objects and Macromedia.com. Can I just delete them without opening them up? If I open them up there are loads of other folders which are specific to particular sites. Just don't want to go and make a balls up ;D
It's fine to delete both folders in the flash player folder. I've not had any negative effects anyway :)
Same here.
One further question, I have installed the Add On BetterPrivacy, when I go to options/preferences there is two tabs - LSO Manager & Options. Any recommendations from experience as to whether to leave them at default settings or to tweak them at all. ie: which boxes to tick or not to tick.
I'm doing it as part of my 'wash' routine, Ian, so can't help, sorry. :(
a nice article from wired here http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/08/you-deleted-your-cookies-think-again/
Of particular interest is
QuoteSeveral services even use the surreptitious data storage to reinstate traditional cookies that a user deleted, which is called 're-spawning' in homage to video games where zombies come back to life even after being "killed," the report found. So even if a user gets rid of a website's tracking cookie, that cookie's unique ID will be assigned back to a new cookie again using the Flash data as the "backup."
Anyone got a pair of semaphore flags?