Schneier on Security : Flash Cookies

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/08/flash_cookies.html

by billswift • 17 years ago

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billswift• 17 years ago

The Wired article Bruce links to was submitted here last week, but some of the commenters on Bruce's site have useful advice, so I figured it was worth linking.

jrnkntl• 17 years ago

I was looking for the "read more" link on that post, but those two paragraphs is the whole thing. Nothing new, just ordinary linkjacking?

yan• 17 years ago

The comments Schneier's blog generates are sometimes worth a read also

jgrahamc• 17 years ago

I think it would be nice to register FlushCookies.com and have it provide information about how to kill off Flash Cookies with a prominent link to the rather obscure page on Adobe's site: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplay...

Unfortunalely, I'm too busy to set up that site, but feel free if you've got the time.

ggchappell• 17 years ago

Got it. I'm a bit busy, too, so give me a couple of days ....

By the way, I'm not especially interested in throwing money away, even if it is for a good cause. And I'm rather clueless about some aspects of web etiquette; I occasionally see people screaming about ads for reasons that I fail to comprehend. So: Would it be a bad idea to put AdSense on the site, to help pay for it?

liquidben• 17 years ago

Schneier on Security: Intelligent and adroit

Schneier on Videogame Terminology: Somewhat lacking (but we'll let him slide)

jcl• 17 years ago

The indented text indicates that he was quoting the linked article -- the awkward phrasing is Wired's.

_giu• 17 years ago

schneier writes about how evil the flash cookies are, but he doesn't mention how to deactivate them. I did it (http://giu.me/s/ngaf8k), and that's how it went down (note: some flash applications won't work anymore after you deactivate the flash cookies!):

first, go to the Website Storage Settings Panel by following this link: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplay.... while there, hit the delete all cookies button.

next step, visit the Global Storage Settings Panel located at http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplay.... deselect the first option (the one that permits third parties to save data on your computer).

finally, excuse me that I didn't use the exact english description of each option. as you may guess, my settings are displayed in another language than the english one (it's the german one, to be exact :).

Schneier on Security : Flash Cookies

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