Re: Firefox' privacy mode not so private

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

Date sent:              Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:21:55 +1200
From:                   Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>

> David Lodge wrote:
>
> > [1] I think we should set up some sort of cookie/LSO bank: everybody puts  on
> > a marketing cookie with the same UID, mess up the marketing figures  summat
> > rotten :-)
>
> Yes, I know you can nuke cookies between sessions or more often as 
> suits your personal tastes, but then you have to go and reset several 
> settings at Google to get it working usefully, rather than the ugly 
> defaults.  

Actually, with the LSOs, and the clearing tool at 
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_
manager07.html , the loss of LSO cookies seems to be permanent.  I started to 
delete them individually, realized how many there were, and nuked the whole lot.  
Now all the sites that I know set them (like the YouTube volume settings) are 
permanently unset.  Doesn't matter how many times I go back to YouTube and 
bring the volume down, it doesn't set any LSO cookies any more, and YouTube is 
always full volume whenever I go back.

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