On 08/12/2009 01:20 PM, Beau Scott wrote:
[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.
Well there's always SVG, Canvas, and Ogg Theora. I'd rather switch
than fight.
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