Comments on: Flash Cookies – What Are They?

By: Conrad

Conrad — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:46:32 +0000

There is an article in the Wall Street Journal today that talks about the numerous law suits over Flash cookies. Apparently there are a lot of people upset because LSOs (Flash cookies) can be used to automatically re-spawn standard browser cookies after they have been deleted by users.

There are at least 6 law suits in the US District Courts right now. There may be a good basis for the suits, because LSOs are placed on users machines without their knowledge and turning off browser cookies will not stop LSOs.

By: Doogie

Doogie — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:46:54 +0000

Hi LOL

LOL. It is obvious that you know very little about Shared Objects and what they are capable of. Read the article, and the Tech Republic article we linked to, and hundreds of other articles where knowledgeable tech people are concerned over privacy issues related to LSOs. An LSO or Flash cookie is a super cookie that can store much more information about you than a regular cookie and it is not managed by your browser or normal PC security.

Because it falls outside of normal security, no one really knows if it can be exploited at some point in the future for malicious purposes. It is something to be aware of, which is why we wrote the article.

By: LOL

LOL — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:18:36 +0000

LOL, obviously you know very little about a Shared Object and what it is capable of. LOL, you make it sound like an LSO is a mini trojan. ROFL