On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 11:44:15AM +0100, thveillon.debian wrote: > lee wrote: > > On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 06:10:58PM +0100, thveillon.debian wrote: > >> If you tweak you flashplayer not to cache content locally, just tweak it > >> back using the setting panel from Adobe there : > >> > >> http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html > >> > >> the image in the upper right part of the page is a setting panel, what > >> you set there is set locally on your computer in ~/.macromedia/. > > > > That is interesting, I haven't given them permission to access that > > information. How do I protect myself against that kind of spying? > > > > > > Change your settings and don't allow storage of any data locally
It doesn't store visited sites then? Anyway, it would work against me in that I'm trying to achieve that the data be stored locally so that I can watch without interruption. And I don't know what other information is eventually being transmitted without my permission, regardless of the settings. Calling this player a security hole (or saying it has severe security issues) would be an understatement. Software like that should be illegal --- if it not already is. > (of course the /tmp trick won't work anymore), write a script to "rm > -r" ~/.macromedia when you close your browser, or every 15mn, > whatever. Use something like "bleachbit" (available in repo). What I need is a content scanner that continuously monitors all outgoing connections and alarms me in case some information is being sent I don't want to be sent. > Do your browsing from a live-cd, or a virtual machine and wipe the > snapshot afterward. not possible > Bind-mount a flash disk partition on "~/.macromedia" > on startup, this way there's nothing left on you disk. I only restart when contact to one of the disks is lost (which is probably a hardware problem with that disk) or when it seems a good idea after an update that brought in a lot of new software: every two months or less, maybe. > Use Firefox > "better privacy" extension, it can wipe the .macromedia content > automatically. Does that work with iceweasel? Even if it does, I keep the browser running until the flashplayer crashes. > Use "flashblock", "noscript", or don't use flash altogether... Then how do I watch videos? I only installed that player recently because I found I didn't have another choice. I always hated that player, and since I'm using it, I hate it even more. Once I'm done with watching, I'll remove it, but installing and uninstalling it all the time isn't a good option, either. > On the wild wild web privacy is a lost word, security an illusion. Yes, but that doesn't mean that anyone should have to accept spyware like that. At least there should be a big, fat security warning that the player is spyware when installing it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org