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Flash cookie control: alias playFlash='chmod 777 ~/.macromedia/Flash_Player/\#SharedObjects' alias clearFlash='rm -rf ~/.macromedia/Flash_Player/\#Sha

by dhimes 16y ago

Flash cookie control: alias playFlash='chmod 777 ~/.macromedia/Flash_Player/\#SharedObjects' alias clearFlash='rm -rf ~/.macromedia/Flash_Player/\#SharedObjects/*' alias stopFlash='chmod 555 ~/.macromedia/Flash_Player/\#SharedObjects' alias showFlash='ls -l ~/.macromedia/Flash_Player/\#SharedObjects' alias .cFlash='cd ~/.macromedia/Flash_Player/\#SharedObjects'

maw 16y ago
Thanks. For OSX users, those files are in ~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash\ Player/.
- benologist 16y ago
  For Windows users just right click on the movie, settings, storage, put the slider on 0kb. There's a new global settings option that probably does it on a global basis. If you play Flash games you will probably find achievements/progress/etc don't save though.
  - dhimes 16y ago
    That's why it's also nice to have a script which cleans out the flash storage. You can play the movies, etc, then just wipe everything out. I didn't realize that the local slider worked for their cookies. I thought you had to do that on their website.
    - benologist 16y ago
      Yeah, there's some other stuff coming for it soon too ... Adobe's started paying a bit of attention to it since the private browsing debacle. I hope they fuck that stupid web settings manager* off next, that's probably the best thing they can do to make the settings/options easier to understand. * http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager02.html#118539 http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplay...
holdenk 16y ago
You probably don't actually want to make files in your home dir world readable,writable, and executable [the chmod 777]
- dhimes 16y ago
  Good point. It's just a lazy habit on my laptop I guess.
  - Saavedro 16y ago
    Use +w +x +r (Writable/Exec/Readable by user) and -w -x -r instead of octal. It's shorter and more secure! (You can also prefix with u a or g, e.g. chmod a+x, for user, all, and group, respectively.)
    - dhimes 16y ago
      Why is it more secure? Because it is less error prone?
    - Gonsalu 16y ago
      Don't forget 'o', for others! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chmod http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chmod

by dhimes 16y ago

maw 16y ago

Thanks. For OSX users, those files are in ~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash\ Player/.

benologist 16y ago
For Windows users just right click on the movie, settings, storage, put the slider on 0kb. There's a new global settings option that probably does it on a global basis. If you play Flash games you will probably find achievements/progress/etc don't save though.
- dhimes 16y ago
  That's why it's also nice to have a script which cleans out the flash storage. You can play the movies, etc, then just wipe everything out. I didn't realize that the local slider worked for their cookies. I thought you had to do that on their website.
  - benologist 16y ago
    Yeah, there's some other stuff coming for it soon too ... Adobe's started paying a bit of attention to it since the private browsing debacle. I hope they fuck that stupid web settings manager* off next, that's probably the best thing they can do to make the settings/options easier to understand. * http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager02.html#118539 http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplay...

holdenk 16y ago

You probably don't actually want to make files in your home dir world readable,writable, and executable [the chmod 777]

dhimes 16y ago
Good point. It's just a lazy habit on my laptop I guess.
- Saavedro 16y ago
  Use +w +x +r (Writable/Exec/Readable by user) and -w -x -r instead of octal. It's shorter and more secure! (You can also prefix with u a or g, e.g. chmod a+x, for user, all, and group, respectively.)
  - dhimes 16y ago
    Why is it more secure? Because it is less error prone?
  - Gonsalu 16y ago
    Don't forget 'o', for others! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chmod http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chmod