RSL's and SWZ's are not the only info stored here... I can make an instance of SharedObject and store any information I want here... (within the players size LSO size limitations [set by right-clicking a flash movie and going to settings])
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/flash/net/SharedObject.html The trick to this situation is that SWF files can be executed offline through the stand-alone player (and even AIR), and need to have the same access to LSO (local share objects) as when they're executed from within the browser. So, in effect, these are, and AREN'T cookies. Yes they can store information in the same way cookies can -- but they can't be limited to the context of a browser. Welcome to rich media... Oh, btw, java, active-x, and any other 3rd party plugin can do the same thing, so Flash shouldn't be singled out here. Beau On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:30 PM, Sean Thayne <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I don't understand why you would want it purged? There isn't cookies > >> stored there, there isn't any sensitive information there either. The > only > >> thing that is stored there is a list of the flash sites you have been > too, > >> but it is only accessible to you, not to the flash apps you use. > >> > > > > Call me paranoid, but I don't want a history of the sites I visit being > > logged anywhere. Second, for sites that I don't want my behavior tracked > on, > > Flash should honor my choice to reset my browser however frequently I > > choose. According to that article, websites can use unique ID stored in > the > > flash shared object to connect me to their database and then reinstate > their > > cookies. It appears that you can disable this through the flash settings > > control panel on Adobe's site, but that is far to complex and obscure for > > the average user. > > > The shared objects are just swz files, which are just swf files that have > been signed by adobe. They are just framework files, they are about 10MB of > swf files that are commonly used on sites like cnn, youtube, yahoo... They > are RSL (Runtime Shared Libraries) and are just libraries, not applications > and not datasets. > > _______________________________________________ > > UPHPU mailing list > [email protected] > http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu > IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net > -- Beau D. Scott Software Engineer _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
