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Schneier on Security : Flash Cookies

26 points by billswift 17y ago

billswift 17y ago
The Wired article Bruce links to was submitted here last week, but some of the commenters on Bruce's site have useful advice, so I figured it was worth linking.
jrnkntl 17y ago
I was looking for the "read more" link on that post, but those two paragraphs is the whole thing. Nothing new, just ordinary linkjacking?
- yan 17y ago
  The comments Schneier's blog generates are sometimes worth a read also
jgrahamc 17y ago
I think it would be nice to register FlushCookies.com and have it provide information about how to kill off Flash Cookies with a prominent link to the rather obscure page on Adobe's site: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplay... Unfortunalely, I'm too busy to set up that site, but feel free if you've got the time.
- ggchappell 17y ago
  Got it. I'm a bit busy, too, so give me a couple of days .... By the way, I'm not especially interested in throwing money away, even if it is for a good cause. And I'm rather clueless about some aspects of web etiquette; I occasionally see people screaming about ads for reasons that I fail to comprehend. So: Would it be a bad idea to put AdSense on the site, to help pay for it?
liquidben 17y ago
Schneier on Security: Intelligent and adroit Schneier on Videogame Terminology: Somewhat lacking (but we'll let him slide)
- jcl 17y ago
  The indented text indicates that he was quoting the linked article -- the awkward phrasing is Wired's.
_giu 17y ago
schneier writes about how evil the flash cookies are, but he doesn't mention how to deactivate them. I did it (http://giu.me/s/ngaf8k http://giu.me/s/ngaf8k), and that's how it went down (note: some flash applications won't work anymore after you deactivate the flash cookies!): first, go to the Website Storage Settings Panel by following this link: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplay.... while there, hit the delete all cookies button. next step, visit the Global Storage Settings Panel located at http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager03.html http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplay.... deselect the first option (the one that permits third parties to save data on your computer). finally, excuse me that I didn't use the exact english description of each option. as you may guess, my settings are displayed in another language than the english one (it's the german one, to be exact :).

26 points by billswift 17y ago

The Wired article Bruce links to was submitted here last week, but some of the commenters on Bruce's site have useful advice, so I figured it was worth linking.

jrnkntl 17y ago

I was looking for the "read more" link on that post, but those two paragraphs is the whole thing. Nothing new, just ordinary linkjacking?

yan 17y ago
The comments Schneier's blog generates are sometimes worth a read also

jgrahamc 17y ago

I think it would be nice to register FlushCookies.com and have it provide information about how to kill off Flash Cookies with a prominent link to the rather obscure page on Adobe's site: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplay... Unfortunalely, I'm too busy to set up that site, but feel free if you've got the time.

ggchappell 17y ago
Got it. I'm a bit busy, too, so give me a couple of days .... By the way, I'm not especially interested in throwing money away, even if it is for a good cause. And I'm rather clueless about some aspects of web etiquette; I occasionally see people screaming about ads for reasons that I fail to comprehend. So: Would it be a bad idea to put AdSense on the site, to help pay for it?

liquidben 17y ago

Schneier on Security: Intelligent and adroit Schneier on Videogame Terminology: Somewhat lacking (but we'll let him slide)

jcl 17y ago
The indented text indicates that he was quoting the linked article -- the awkward phrasing is Wired's.

_giu 17y ago

schneier writes about how evil the flash cookies are, but he doesn't mention how to deactivate them. I did it (http://giu.me/s/ngaf8k http://giu.me/s/ngaf8k), and that's how it went down (note: some flash applications won't work anymore after you deactivate the flash cookies!): first, go to the Website Storage Settings Panel by following this link: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplay.... while there, hit the delete all cookies button. next step, visit the Global Storage Settings Panel located at http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager03.html http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplay.... deselect the first option (the one that permits third parties to save data on your computer). finally, excuse me that I didn't use the exact english description of each option. as you may guess, my settings are displayed in another language than the english one (it's the german one, to be exact :).