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Re: Why does a Flash Cookie from wildlifecontrolexperts.com keep getting set on my machine?
From: Larry Seltzer <larry () larryseltzer com>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:14:04 -0400
On the other hand, they are much harder to remove on Firefox or IE. But if you just go to the global settings config you can tell it not to allow any local storage. -----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Ned Fleming Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 2:21 PM To: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: Re: [funsec] Why does a Flash Cookie from wildlifecontrolexperts.com keep getting set on my machine? On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:35:06 -0400, Larry Seltzer <larry () larryseltzer com> wrote:
FYI, go to the evercookie site and you'll get one from samy.pl. I tested this in Chrome and the cookie manager there seems to integrate the Flash cookies, so when you delete the samy.pl root it all goes away. They show up as "Local Storage" and you can't view the contents, but you can remove them.
Oh, dear me. I should have sent people to this link: http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2010/09/the_cookies_you. html - or - http://bit.ly/cMHzft Beg parding, your honor. -- Ned _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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