http://www.internetweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=160400749
"United Virtualities is offering online marketers and publishers technology that attempts to undermine the growing trend among consumers to delete cookies planted in their computers." .... "United Virtualities's PIE helps combat this consumer behavior by leveraging a feature in Flash MX called local shared objects...When a consumer goes to a PIE-enabled website, the visitor's browser is tagged with a Flash object that contains a unique identification similar to the text found in a traditional cookie. In this way, PIE acts as a cookie backup, and can also restore the original cookie when the consumer revisits the site." "For its part, Macromedia has posted on its website instructions for disabling shared objects uploaded to browsers." UGH UGH UGH! It's bad enough they're doing crap like this. But what really bites is that I'm working on a little app right now that depends on local shared object. I can just see that my user's IT group will disable them and they won't know why my Flash app won't work. Wheeeee. -Kevin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get Instant Hacker Protection, Virus Detection, Antispam & Personal Firewall. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=62 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:152713 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
