Flash Cookies
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:49 pm
Hi...I am wondering if NoScript addresses Flash Cookies? thanks
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Foam Head wrote:
a dedicated AddOn,
Not useful in this case with an OP using OS Xor a manual remover like Flash Cookie Remover.
I use BetterPrivacy.Grumpy Old Lady wrote:Foam Head wrote: a dedicated AddOn,
URL for this?
Thanks Alan Baxter.Alan Baxter wrote: I use BetterPrivacy.
Of course mileage may vary :-) but I'd feel bad not sharing what I know.Alan Baxter wrote:Not allowing Flash to create and use temporary files can break some sites.
However, if a user is brave enough and wants the function of an extension before AMO has declared it compatible, a copy of Nightly Tester Tools is a good quick override interface.Don’t forget that forcing an incompatible extension to install is risky. There are many cases where Firefox will stop working completely or behave incorrectly because an incompatible extension is being forced to work where the author never intended.
Since the boards are wonderfully quiet, I used my NS time to try a few different Flash servings on this machine with any writing to the ~/.macromedia/Flash_Player/#SharedObjects directory redirected to nowhere.Alan Baxter wrote:Not allowing Flash to create and use temporary files can break some sites. Usability is enhanced if they are removed when you're done instead.
Oh my goodness, I was right about something? I was just repeating what I read in Adobe suppport.Grumpy Old Lady wrote:Alan Baxter wrote:Not allowing Flash to create and use temporary files can break some sites. Usability is enhanced if they are removed when you're done instead.
Thank you for checking these out. Very informative, especially the sites you visited.Since the boards are wonderfully quiet, I used my NS time to try a few different Flash servings on this machine with any writing to the ~/.macromedia/Flash_Player/#SharedObjects directory redirected to nowhere.
I like your solution and your logic for using it. Seems perfect for you. But as far as I know, Flash is only used by my browser, so there is some logic to cleaning out Flash storage everytime I do a browser restart, just like I do with most cookies. I restart Firefox at least once or twice a day for testing or extension updates, but sometimes the computer doesn't get rebooted for several days. I've configured Better Privacy to Delete Flash cookies only on Firefox exit. I also had it delete the empty cookie folders so I could easily use Windows Explorer to verify Better Privacy was working. I especially like the setting to "Also delete Flashplayer default cookie" and its warning that the settings cookie also tracks every Flash site I've visited. (I'm usually pretty careful about where I go, but I still don't see any reason to leave a list behind.) I appreciate all the work the Objection and BetterPrivacy developers have put into it.I've made a delete job for both directories to run at startup.
I think the Fx addons are probably overkill, or at least an unnecessary browser addition, given that the plugin settings don't actually appear to do much to prevent cookies from being set while the browser's running. The job of cleaning up after Adobe is more naturally one for a general system cleaner, or the dedicated admin job such as that linked to in the second post here.