Go to the Macobserver website and click on the appropriate adrres which will bring you to the Flash site. This one <http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html > and select the 3 top left 'Global' Settings. Paul Moortgat On 18 Sep 2009, at 16:07, 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