From: »Q« <boxcars@gmx.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: cookie_monster
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 17:37:06 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141030173706.7f24fb33@sepulchrave.remarqs> (raw)
In-Reply-To: loom.20141030T162242-257@post.gmane.org
On Thu, 30 Oct 2014 15:32:02 +0000 (UTC)
James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> Walter Dnes <waltdnes <at> waltdnes.org> writes:
> > You also mentioned "flash cookies" in passing. They're a totally
> > different animal. They're files that reside in directories
> > ~/.adobe and ~/.macromedia.
> Only those (2) apps have flash cookies?
I never find them in ~/.adobe, so I think only ~/.macromedia has them.
> Flashcookies are new issues for me.
> What the heck are they being used by these apps?
> Just to avoid detection and removal?
>
> If so, it seems somebody would create and add_on to
> deal with this crap or include this "cleansing" via
> an establish security script......?
<https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/betterprivacy/> gives pretty
good options for deleting them on open, close, or using a timer. It
also lets you protect some from cleaning if you want. I don't protect
any of mine, including the one which stores basic Flash settings,
without noticing any ill effects on pages which use Flash.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-10-30 22:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-10-29 16:45 [gentoo-user] cookie_monster James
2014-10-29 23:44 ` Walter Dnes
2014-10-30 10:50 ` Mick
2014-10-30 15:32 ` [gentoo-user] cookie_monster James
2014-10-30 22:37 ` »Q« [this message]
2014-10-31 21:10 ` Walter Dnes
2014-11-01 14:50 ` James
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