Flash super cookies (LSO cookies)

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Flash super cookies (LSO cookies)
If you don't know what Flash cookies are, or you think they're harmless, here are some notes about Flash cookies from the Better Privacy plugin page:

Some Flash LSO cookie properties in short...they never expire - staying on your computer for an unlimited time.by default they offer a storage of 100 KB (compare: Usual cookies 4 KB).browsers are not aware of those cookies, LSO's usually cannot be removed by browsers except Google Chrome browser.

Company,s do not provide a user-friendly way to manage LSO's, in fact it's incredible cumbersome.Many domains and tracking companies make extensive use of flash-cookies.These cookies are not harmless.

As I've learned, if you use the Flash Block plugin, and see a little "nugget" in the upper-left corner of your browser when you visit a particular website, the odds are excellent that the website you're looking at is using a Flash cookie to track you. As the notes above say, "Flash applications do not need to be visible".

Fortunately the Google Chrome browser gave me this answer. They offer a Flash cookie remover option.

How did it work on our system it took out 850 LSO's on first try.
Good luck in controlling your own web browser privacy and security!


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