Groups > comp.lang.java.programmer > #7307

your privacy

From	jack <jack@localhost.123>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	your privacy
Date	2011-08-23 09:31 -0400
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID	<j30a1v$dd0$1@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink)

Show all headers | View raw

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Shared_Object

As with HTTP cookies, Local Shared Objects can be used by web sites to 
collect information on how people navigate those web sites even if 
people believe they have restricted the data collection.[14] Online 
banks, merchants or advertisers may use Local Shared Objects for 
tracking purposes.[15]


and you can see who was watching you and since when at:

File locations

The default storage location for Local Shared Objects is operating 
system-dependent.

On Microsoft Windows NT 5.x, they are stored in:[13]

     *  %APPDATA%\Macromedia\Flash Player\#SharedObjects\
     *  %APPDATA%\Macromedia\Flash 
Player\macromedia.com\support\flashplayer\sys\

On Microsoft Windows NT 6.x, they are stored in:[13]

     *  %APPDATA%\Macromedia\Flash Player\#SharedObjects\
     *  %APPDATA%\Macromedia\Flash 
Player\macromedia.com\support\flashplayer\sys\

On Mac OS X, they are stored in:

     * ~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/#SharedObjects/
     * ~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash 
Player/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys/

On Linux or Unix, they are stored in:

     * ~/.macromedia/Flash_Player/#SharedObjects/
     * ~/.macromedia/Flash_Player/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys/

Back to comp.lang.java.programmer | Previous | Next — Next in thread | Find similar

Thread

your privacy jack <jack@localhost.123> - 2011-08-23 09:31 -0400
  Re: your privacy Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-08-23 07:39 -0700

csiph-web