>What I didn't understand was that the pages referenced below were >pages that controlled options on my computer. Now I understand - >thank you all.
This is triple scary. First, you are going to a web site that displays controls for making changes to your computer. There does not appear to be any serious security protecting this. The web page just changes your settings. Many of these are security settings. It can access and delete cookies stored on your computer at will. (Can others write web pages that will do the same things to your computer using Flash?) Second, it reveals that Flash stores a record on your computer. I have read at macfixit.com that this is not cleared when you clear your browser caches and that settings like Safari's "private browsing" do not prevent Flash from storing this information. (Another good reason to not do your banking from a computer that is not yours.) Third, it reveals that Flash can download files to your computer and that these files persist. Some can be deleted by this control panel, but the extent to which you have control of your own computer is not clear. I'm starting to think that Flash is more dangerous than ActiveX. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
