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Flash Cookies: The Silent Privacy Killer
Oct 15, 2008, 22 :03 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (4768 reads)

"Looking at my list, I see over 100 websites that have been accessing the same cookie for the last year (the last time I formatted my computer). Some of them are storing only 1kb of information, some are storing the full 100 kb’s. On my own computer, I see that my bank is storing flash information despite the fact that there isn’t a single flash application visible when I log in to check my balance. I see Youtube, CNN, Microsoft, Rotten Tomatoes and a ton more!"

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This was refuted as a security hole year ...   Cache, not cookies   
Cabal
Oct 15, 2008, 23:37:37
 
> This was refuted as a security hole ye ...   Re: Cache, not cookies   
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