[Resent -- forgot to reply all, sorry for the duplicate, Wade] You're correct. And to top it off, they're stored in a fashion that is identifiable to the site. The framework cash that keeps getting referred to is a different beast. These shared objects (as they're called in Flash land) are the exact equivalent of cookies in flash. They store any string you wish to, under a size constraint set by the user.
You can clear the data easy enough by simply deleting the Shared Objects folder (stored in %APPDATA%\Roaming in windows, ~/.macromedia/Flash_Player/#SharedObjects in linux) Or you can manage it here: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html Also, you can turn this feature off here: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager03.html HTH. Beau On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Wade Preston Shearer < [email protected]> wrote: > On 12 Aug 2009, at 11:53, [email protected] wrote: > > This is old news. It's meant as a developer thing only, as in RIAs caching >> components. It's not tracking anyone's browsing data. There is no big >> brother here. >> > > That's not true from what I have read. Please correct me if I am wrong. > What I read is that you can store any string of text in the object similarly > to what you can do with normal browser cookies. If that is true then there > is more to it than just RIAs caching components. You are right that the > shared object itself isn't tracking anyone's browsing data, but web > developers could use that "cookie" to track people. I used to work at > Omniture. I understand tracking user's browsing patterns, user profile > marketing, and dynamic, profile-optimized content. All the web author needs > is a unique key. This was mostly the point of the article that I linked to > in the first place. There are websites that are now reinstating the user's > "session" even if they have cleared their cookies by means of a "backup" ID > that they have stored in the flash object. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > UPHPU mailing list > [email protected] > http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu > IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net > _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
