Fwd: [wordup] Frenzy Begins Over Cookie Alternative

[Adam Shand]

Mitchell Silverman did some research on the Flash cookie deal and found  
some useful information.   The key bits of information seem to be that  
it's not as easy as the article makes out for advertisers to track  
cross site usage.  Also you can actually adjust the privacy settings  
for your Flash player.

To adjust the settings for the sight you are currently viewing, right  
click on the Flash animator and choose "Settings".

To adjust the settings for all new sites (and have the ability to  
delete old sites settings) go to:

http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/ 
settings_manager07.html

Adam.

Begin forwarded message:
> From: "Mitchell L. Silverman, Esq." <mitchell at silverman-esquire...>
> Date: April 2, 2005 10:59:50 AM GMT+12:00
> To: Adam Shand <adam at shand...>
> Subject: Re: [wordup] Frenzy Begins Over Cookie Alternative
>
> Dear Adam,
>
> I did a little frantic poking around, and here's what I came up with.
>
> Macromedia does *not* make it as easy as that article explains to  
> prevent SOs from being stored on your computer, but it is, apparently  
> possible.
>
> See http://www.markme.com/jd/archives/007257.cfm for a general  
> discussion (on a Macromedia employee's blog) for a general discussion,  
> and http://tinyurl.com/59gyz (full URL, as referenced in the blog:  
> http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/ 
> settings_manager07.html) for the Macromedia page that lets you access  
> your Flash player settings panel.
>
> Apparently the solution is to reduce the amount of storage available  
> for websites to store data on your computer to zero.  Which is easy  
> enough to do, if you know where to look.
>
> This isn't really sufficient from Macromedia, as far as I'm concerned,  
> but it's better than nothing.
>
> My apologies if you've already figured this out.
>
> YHOS,
> Mitch