Friday, November 21, 2014

Ever seen what a Flash cookie looks like?

I use a Flash blocker extension in Chrome, called FlashControl.  Doing so allows me to block a lot of crap.  It also allows me to see when a site is using Flash to track me.

Those blocks are the pieces of Flash that I did not grant rights to -- essentially Flash cookies.

It's not quite the same as a standard cookie, but it nonetheless operates in the same way. To manage your Flash data, you have to use Adobe's manager, here.

Not to make you paranoid, but just about everyone is tracking you.

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