Flash cookies

[Dave Cragg]

On 11 Jan 2010, at 18:56, Richmond Mathewson wrote:

> On 11/01/2010 18:59, Michael Kann wrote:
>> At this site you can see all the flash cookies that have been stored on your computer. These cookies aren't cleaned out when you "clear cookies." They get through even when you are "private browsing" with Firefox. I don't remember ever giving permission to any of the websites I see on my list.
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>> http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager06.html
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> 
> That is really quite alarming!
> 
> Is there any way of seeing those Flash cookies when ont online?

On OS X, they are stored in ~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/#SharedObjects/

I guess they are in an equivalent location of Windows. (No access right now.) I don't know about Linux.

Cheers
Dave