Comments on: New ‘Flash Cookies’ warning http://www.p2pnet.net/story/28655 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Romase http://www.p2pnet.net/story/28655/comment-page-1#comment-985634 Romase Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:00:18 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=28655#comment-985634 site best site best

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/28655/comment-page-1#comment-984151 Reader's Write Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:38:18 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=28655#comment-984151 @Andy Get the "Ghostery" addon for Firefox. It blocks that annoying track crap, incl. Omniture. @Andy

Get the “Ghostery” addon for Firefox. It blocks that annoying track crap, incl. Omniture.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/28655/comment-page-1#comment-984070 Reader's Write Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:06:30 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=28655#comment-984070 Per the Gaurdian http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/03/adobe.apple It's a usage-tracking site, and you could worry if you don't want your usage of applications from Adobe, and Apple's iTunes Ministore, tracked. Omniture has been thrust unwillingly into the spotlight because a blogger noticed (tinyurl.com/34oxm8) that when you start up an Adobe Creative Suite 3 (CS3) application, it tries to contact what looks like an IP address on your network: 192.168.112.2O7.net. Per the Gaurdian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/03/adobe.apple
It’s a usage-tracking site, and you could worry if you don’t want your usage of applications from Adobe, and Apple’s iTunes Ministore, tracked. Omniture has been thrust unwillingly into the spotlight because a blogger noticed (tinyurl.com/34oxm8) that when you start up an Adobe Creative Suite 3 (CS3) application, it tries to contact what looks like an IP address on your network: 192.168.112.2O7.net.

]]> By: Andy http://www.p2pnet.net/story/28655/comment-page-1#comment-984060 Andy Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:42:20 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=28655#comment-984060 Sorry, that was supposed to be a link... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omniture#Criticism Sorry, that was supposed to be a link… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omniture#Criticism

]]> By: Andy http://www.p2pnet.net/story/28655/comment-page-1#comment-984059 Andy Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:39:52 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=28655#comment-984059 And this is even more scary when you realise that Adobe recently bought Omniture . And this is even more scary when you realise that Adobe recently bought Omniture .

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/28655/comment-page-1#comment-984032 Reader's Write Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:31:11 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=28655#comment-984032 Go to the Flash settings manager listed above, delete all the sites that are already list, then go to general storage tab and set the global storage setting to 0K. Now, Flash won't store anything on your system. Of course if you do that, every YouTube video will start out at full volume, other sites will forget your settings, etc. Go to the Flash settings manager listed above, delete all the sites that are already list, then go to general storage tab and set the global storage setting to 0K. Now, Flash won’t store anything on your system. Of course if you do that, every YouTube video will start out at full volume, other sites will forget your settings, etc.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/28655/comment-page-1#comment-984027 Reader's Write Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:01:34 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=28655#comment-984027 In all reality, Jon wrote about this a year or more ago. Thats when I payed attention to it. In all reality, Jon wrote about this a year or more ago.

Thats when I payed attention to it.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/28655/comment-page-1#comment-984026 Reader's Write Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:59:29 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=28655#comment-984026 @Irate Pirate "When I first read about this on p2pnet World Headlines (Sept. 15 I think) I decided to check out my own flash cookies and couldn’t believe how many were in there despite use NoScript in Firefox." yes, yes, "world headlines" captures good info. ;) :P @Irate Pirate
“When I first read about this on p2pnet World Headlines (Sept. 15 I think) I decided to check out my own flash cookies and couldn’t believe how many were in there despite use NoScript in Firefox.”

yes, yes, “world headlines” captures good info. ;)
:P

]]> By: Dorothy http://www.p2pnet.net/story/28655/comment-page-1#comment-984024 Dorothy Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:26:27 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=28655#comment-984024 @ normal1515 No, nothing to do with Gnome. The malfunctioning card was an Nvidia card (Asus 7300 GS - only 2.5 years old!), which started producing weird screen colours and patterns. My computer was unusable as I couldn't read anything on the monitor. When I replaced it with an older ATI card, the picture improved rather drastically, so was pretty sure it was the card. In my efforts to try and fix the picture while the old card was still in, I screwed up and decided to reinstall Ubuntu to be on the safe side. Got a new Nvidia card (BFG 9400 GT) and had to mess with it a bit (ok a lot) before I found a driver that worked. Yay! @ normal1515

No, nothing to do with Gnome. The malfunctioning card was an Nvidia card (Asus 7300 GS – only 2.5 years old!), which started producing weird screen colours and patterns. My computer was unusable as I couldn’t read anything on the monitor. When I replaced it with an older ATI card, the picture improved rather drastically, so was pretty sure it was the card. In my efforts to try and fix the picture while the old card was still in, I screwed up and decided to reinstall Ubuntu to be on the safe side. Got a new Nvidia card (BFG 9400 GT) and had to mess with it a bit (ok a lot) before I found a driver that worked. Yay!

]]> By: normal1515 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/28655/comment-page-1#comment-984008 normal1515 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:25:55 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=28655#comment-984008 Broken video card? Oh no, are you having that problem with gnome? Is it a intel card? Broken video card? Oh no, are you having that problem with gnome? Is it a intel card?

]]> By: Dorothy http://www.p2pnet.net/story/28655/comment-page-1#comment-984005 Dorothy Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:21:51 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=28655#comment-984005 @ Jon: Actually I have been running Linux for over 2 years, just had to reinstall a while back. I will never go back to Windows, even tho I have more than once come close to pulling all my hair out with Linux. But thank you anyways :). @ Jon:

Actually I have been running Linux for over 2 years, just had to reinstall a while back. I will never go back to Windows, even tho I have more than once come close to pulling all my hair out with Linux. But thank you anyways :) .

]]> By: Scaramouche http://www.p2pnet.net/story/28655/comment-page-1#comment-984004 Scaramouche Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:02:29 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=28655#comment-984004 I was going to mention the firefox addon Better Privacy, but looks like I was beaten to it. I was going to mention the firefox addon Better Privacy, but looks like I was beaten to it.

]]> By: Michael http://www.p2pnet.net/story/28655/comment-page-1#comment-984001 Michael Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:36:57 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=28655#comment-984001 My solution has been run a batch file to delete the (macromedia) folder between browser sessions. It's a royal pain and I don't really know if it works but it was the best I could come up with. The folder remakes itself every time I open the browser and hasn't caused a problem so far but I just keep deleting it. Maybe a knowledgable user could tell me if this is a reasonable fix. I normally set Firefox to delete all cookies so have no real need for them. My solution has been run a batch file to delete the (macromedia) folder between browser sessions. It’s a royal pain and I don’t really know if it works but it was the best I could come up with. The folder remakes itself every time I open the browser and hasn’t caused a problem so far but I just keep deleting it. Maybe a knowledgable user could tell me if this is a reasonable fix. I normally set Firefox to delete all cookies so have no real need for them.

]]> By: Jon http://www.p2pnet.net/story/28655/comment-page-1#comment-984000 Jon Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:53:50 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=28655#comment-984000 Hey Dorothy: So you went and did it - Linux! Good for you :) Cheers! Hey Dorothy:

So you went and did it – Linux!

Good for you :)

Cheers!

]]> By: Dorothy http://www.p2pnet.net/story/28655/comment-page-1#comment-983998 Dorothy Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:31:11 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=28655#comment-983998 I run Ubuntu 8.04 and installed Better Privacy a few days ago. I notice more hard drive activity at times, but nothing serious so far. As far as flash cookies, I don't have any at the moment. I should also mention that my current Ubuntu install is several weeks old (broken video card, don't ask), so it would not have been exposed to a lot of flash cookies so far. I run Ubuntu 8.04 and installed Better Privacy a few days ago. I notice more hard drive activity at times, but nothing serious so far. As far as flash cookies, I don’t have any at the moment. I should also mention that my current Ubuntu install is several weeks old (broken video card, don’t ask), so it would not have been exposed to a lot of flash cookies so far.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/28655/comment-page-1#comment-983994 Reader's Write Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:50:30 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=28655#comment-983994 Also see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Shared_Object Also see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Shared_Object

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/28655/comment-page-1#comment-983992 Reader's Write Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:43:18 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=28655#comment-983992 @ pirate dude There is a firefox addon that deletes these things. I don't know how well it works though. See: http://netticat.ath.cx/BetterPrivacy/BetterPrivacy.htm and https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=betterprivacy I think there is another but I forget the name of it. Might be worth jon doing a story on this stuff and where people can grab some tools to remove/prevent them for the various OS's (or do it manually), if more contribute here that is. @ pirate dude
There is a firefox addon that deletes these things.

I don’t know how well it works though.

See:
http://netticat.ath.cx/BetterPrivacy/BetterPrivacy.htm
and
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=betterprivacy

I think there is another but I forget the name of it.

Might be worth jon doing a story on this stuff and where people can grab some tools to remove/prevent them for the various OS’s (or do it manually), if more contribute here that is.

]]> By: Orbit http://www.p2pnet.net/story/28655/comment-page-1#comment-983988 Orbit Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:03:12 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=28655#comment-983988 For Mac users you can use Flush to delete them worked well for me http://machacks.tv/2009/01/27/flushapp-flash-cookie-removal-tool-for-os-x/ For Mac users you can use Flush to delete them worked well for me
http://machacks.tv/2009/01/27/flushapp-flash-cookie-removal-tool-for-os-x/

]]> By: Irate Pirate http://www.p2pnet.net/story/28655/comment-page-1#comment-983979 Irate Pirate Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:54:35 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/?p=28655#comment-983979 I've always been pretty conscious about PC security and privacy. When I first read about this on p2pnet World Headlines (Sept. 15 I think) I decided to check out my own flash cookies and couldn't believe how many were in there despite use NoScript in Firefox. I deleted all of them of course. Hopefully we'll see flash slowly phased out seeing as Firefox 3.5 can now handle vorbis audio and video without the need for third party plugins. http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html I’ve always been pretty conscious about PC security and privacy. When I first read about this on p2pnet World Headlines (Sept. 15 I think) I decided to check out my own flash cookies and couldn’t believe how many were in there despite use NoScript in Firefox. I deleted all of them of course. Hopefully we’ll see flash slowly phased out seeing as Firefox 3.5 can now handle vorbis audio and video without the need for third party plugins.

http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html

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