On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 08:55 +0200, Matej Kovacic wrote: > Hi, > > I am not sure if this was on this list, but it is an interesting > information: > > http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/08/you-deleted-your-cookies-think-again/ > it seems cookies could be "respawned"... > > And there is a plugin to remove this LSO's: > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6623 > > You need to set Flash directory (autodetection does not always work): > - Windows: %APPDATA%\Macromedia\Flash Player\ > - Macintosh: ~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/ > - Linux/Unix: ~/.macromedia/Flash_Player/ > > Maybe something like that should be integraded into TorButton... > However, the question is what about Silverlight and other non-flash > plugins... > > There is also a Windows tool called CCleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com/)... > > bye, Matej The best solution here is not to use non-free software as a general rule, and stay the f*** away from non-free software peddled by companies that have their software phone home to "192.168.1.2o7.net". IIRC, Gnash, the GNU swf decoder/player/interpreter/whatever, does not have these flash cookies, and if it did, you could easily disable or find a way to purge them. Really, though, a Torified browser should have as few plugins as possible, to limit anonymity attacks and the general surface area for other exploits.
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