Tracking You Via Flash Cookies

mrjarrell · 08-11-2009

As if regular cookie weren't bad enough, some sites (many) are using Flash cookies to track your activities on the web and your regular cookie eliminator won't take care of them.

Quote:

Wired reports that over half of the web's most popular sites are using Flash to track users who block traditional browser cookies.
The findings come from a UC Berkeley study, which also found that only four of these top web sites using Flash cookies mention them in their privacy policies. From Wired:

Unlike traditional browser cookies, Flash cookies are relatively unknown to web users, and they are not controlled through the cookie privacy controls in a browser. That means even if a user thinks they have cleared their computer of tracking objects, they most likely have not.

We've shown you how to get around these sorts of "super cookies" in the past, most notably with the previously mentioned BetterPrivacy Firefox extension, but Wired also points readers to the always popular CCleaner and Flush.app, a Flash cookie removal app for OS X.
If you're serious about your online privacy and thought blocking traditional browser cookies was doing the job, you may want to consider trying one of the tools above and hitting up the Wired post for the full rundown.

via Lifehacker

The Wired article is an eye opener.

printcraft · 08-11-2009

Just ran flush. A bunch - o - cookies went bye bye!!! Thanks!

Blaze261 · 08-11-2009

Tagged for home thanks.

mrjarrell · 08-12-2009

I flushed over 600! Sheez. After checking just a minute ago, I even found one set here at INGO. Don't know if it was set by the site or an ad banner.

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#s.ytimg.com/

These things are everywhere.

matthock · 08-12-2009

Hence, NoScript in Firefox, which blocks unauthorized flash

2ADMNLOVER · 08-12-2009

I have no idea what it all means but I just got rid of 1,600 some odd . I had a bunch from here to , that sucks !

AFA1CY · 08-12-2009

Anyone use IE Privacy Keeper?

El Cazador · 08-12-2009

I just paid for my re-up to Norton 360. They made a point of mentioning flash cookies and how 360 finds them and blocks/removes them. Never heard of them before that.

El Cazador · 08-12-2009

Hmmm. INGO's acting up a bit today. Double post.

Scutter01 · 08-12-2009

If you're a Firefox user:

BetterPrivacy Home - Protects against Super Cookies

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printcraft INGO Clown Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Saturn... next stop Uranus Posts: 4,447	Just ran flush. A bunch - o - cookies went bye bye!!! Thanks! __________________ Sincerely, & Do ya think I'm sexy? - Rod Stewart Smooth Operator - Sade (HQ Audio) Marvin-Let'sGetItOn Copywright 2010. Copywright of this post is holy pwned by printcraft. All wrights AR preserved. This documint may not be quoted, painted, or distinguished, without the depressed persimmon of printcraft.

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Scutter01 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 13,366	If you're a Firefox user: BetterPrivacy Home - Protects against Super Cookies __________________ Forum Rules: http://ingunowners.com/forums/introd...e_posting.html Classifieds Rules: http://ingunowners.com/forums/firear...e_posting.html INGO FAQ: http://ingunowners.com/forums/genera...qs_sticky.html

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