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. >> >> >> >> >> 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