From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 632091389F5 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 22:37:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C756CE081D; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 22:37:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8EED6E076B for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 22:37:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97F64340516 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 22:37:32 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.485 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.485 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.710, BAYES_00=-1.9, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.594, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=ham Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id oTsnIK6D6coM for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 22:37:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C2C9D340513 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 22:37:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XjyLF-0005zt-Ge for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 23:37:17 +0100 Received: from wsip-174-76-82-7.no.no.cox.net ([174.76.82.7]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 23:37:17 +0100 Received: from boxcars by wsip-174-76-82-7.no.no.cox.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 23:37:17 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: =?UTF-8?B?wrtRwqs=?= Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: cookie_monster Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 17:37:06 -0500 Organization: none Message-ID: <20141030173706.7f24fb33@sepulchrave.remarqs> References: <20141029234407.GA10582@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: wsip-174-76-82-7.no.no.cox.net X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.24; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Archives-Salt: d77a9e14-614c-41ea-afa6-d70e42358db5 X-Archives-Hash: 4a662aff1fd2b4b82688e692b5c9a52d On Thu, 30 Oct 2014 15:32:02 +0000 (UTC) James wrote: > Walter Dnes 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......? 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.