In firefox there is an extension called BetterPrivacy <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/betterprivacy/> which controls when and how flash stores it's long term super cookies.
On 2014/Feb/07, at 11:35 AM, Rick Welykochy wrote: > Gentle Linkers, > > You may have wondered why you cannot access your Adobe security > settings for flash cookies, camera and mic control, etc, from the control > panel on your own PC. This is because the settings management is available > only on the Macromedia website. > > Incredible as it seems, the following link seems to be THE WAY to manage > your security settings for Adobe Flash Player: > > http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html > > You can use the following sub-page to remove Flash cookies and restrict or > deny > their use in future. > > http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager06.html > > One must wonder why such a facility is not included locally on your machine. > I would feel much more secure using the Flash product if I could examine > and remove Flash cookies, perhaps while offline. > > One can only guess at the possibilities for the above web page gathering > even more private information about you as you use the page to manage your > Flash security settings. > > Adobe offers the following disclaimer regarding use of this page: > > The Settings Manager is a special control panel that runs on your local > computer but is displayed within and accessed from the Adobe website. Adobe > does not have access to the settings that you > see in the Settings Manager or to personal information on your computer. > > > Does anyone believe them? > > cheers > rickw > > > -- > ------------------------------------ > Rick Welykochy || Vitendo Consulting > > Failure is not an option; it comes bundled with every Microsoft product. > > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:[email protected] aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
