Chrome, IE To Allow Users To Delete Flash Cookies 110
Trailrunner7 writes "The upcoming release of Adobe Flash Player 10.3 will give users of most of the major browsers the ability to delete Flash cookies in much the same way that they're able to erase normal Web cookies, thanks to a better integration with privacy settings in Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. The addition of the ability for users to delete the cookies set by plug-ins and browser add-ons gives them better control of the security and privacy of the content on their machines and is designed to address a serious issue that's been plaguing Flash for some time. Security and privacy experts have warned about the implications of so-called Flash cookies, which are set by Flash and difficult for users to find and delete."
Re:And what about evercookie? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:And what about evercookie? (Score:5, Insightful)
Or run the browser and all of its minions (including flash) in a sandbox, which allows you to snap shot it at some point in time, and flush that sandbox after each browsing session and restore from the snapshot at the start of each new session.
As long as every program has access to the Windows Registry, you will have to sandbox that as well, allowing access to a shadow copy.
But the real problem here is that Joe Sixpack is not in a position to be knowledgeable about all of this. Criminal sanctions against users of Evercookie might keep corporate marketing droids from going down that path, but they won't stop the off-shore porn sites or gambling sites from embedding this type of technology.
Re:They don't NEED to conspire... (Score:2, Insightful)
You want their content, they set the rules. You dont like it, dont view their content.
This isnt rocket science, people.