I’ll keep it short and sweet. Was browsing this new twitter thing that all the kids are playin’ with and I saw an link to this story: You Deleted Your Cookies? Think Again. Short version: You can create cookie-like objects with flash, that:
- Don’t get deleted from your machine when you clear cookies
- Can be used to re-spawn browser-based cookies if you delete them
- Can do a whole bunch of annoying stuff that you probably don’t want done to your machine
To disable this on your browser, go to the following URL: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager03.html
and uncheck “Allow third-party Flash content to store data on your computer”
Keep in mind, you’ll need to do this on each of your browsers