[X4U] Flash cookies

Vince Lewis vplewis at mac.com
Fri Sep 18 08:05:02 PDT 2009


go into ~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player. Delete the  
contents and then lock the Flash Player folder (Cmd-i; under "General"  
check the Locked box). Than should prevent any further additions until  
Adobe decides to change the path with the next revision.
ciao,
Vince

On Sep 18, 2009, at 7:07 AM, zapcat wrote:

> great. another insidious thing to deal with. and the "remedy" seems  
> to involve going to the website of the company unleashing these  
> things.
>
> to me, it feels counter-intuitive.
>
> is there some other way of blocking out this stuff?
>
>
> zc
>
>
>
> On Sep 18, 2009, at 5:31 AM, Ken Johnson wrote:
>
>> Wow!  I had no idea - thanks for posting.
>>
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>> On Sep 17, 2009, at 7:01 PM, Paul Moortgat wrote:
>>
>>> <http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/flash_cookies_the_newest_secret_way_to_invade_your_privacy/ 
>>> >
>>>
>>> Paul Moortgat



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