http://blogs.technet.com/b/jamesone/archive/2010/02/19/the-zombie-cookie-apocalypse-or-how-flash-bypasses-privacy.aspxEarlier this week I went to “Oxford Geek Night” and the title of one of title of one of the sessions was “The Zombie Cookie apocalypse” delivered by David Sheldon (I wish his slides were on-line so you could read more and I could give him a proper crediten-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/jamesone/archive/2010/02/19/the-zombie-cookie-apocalypse-or-how-flash-bypasses-privacy.aspx#3314358Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:48:17 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3314358James ONeill<p>I did pick up something about this add-in, although whether it was in the talk or in the reading I did afterwards I can't quite remember. The folders that flash uses are documented (in the wikipedia article for example) so you can zap them yourself: it seems the add-in just automates that - I didn't want offer any commentary on an add-in I haven't tried, so comments from people who have are welcome :-) </p> <p>@FG. I think I know who you are, but I'm guessing - my address book lives on the exchange server so it wasn't lost.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3314358" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/jamesone/archive/2010/02/19/the-zombie-cookie-apocalypse-or-how-flash-bypasses-privacy.aspx#3314240Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:12:46 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3314240FatGit<p>[Attempt at re-posting as my first post has not appeared]</p> <p>Was the BetterPrivacy extension for Firefox mentioned? It seems to be aimed at precisely the persistent cookies that you discuss here. </p> <p>Did you lose your e-mail address book when you lost your laptop?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3314240" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/jamesone/archive/2010/02/19/the-zombie-cookie-apocalypse-or-how-flash-bypasses-privacy.aspx#3314154Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:50:13 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3314154FatGit<p>Was the BetterPrivacy Firefox add-on discussed? This seems to delete the flash cookies reasonably effectively, or am I missing something?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3314154" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/jamesone/archive/2010/02/19/the-zombie-cookie-apocalypse-or-how-flash-bypasses-privacy.aspx#3314025Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:23:27 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3314025Richard<p>Not sure if it's available for IE, but I've been using the BetterPrivacy plugin for Firefox for some time now - deals with flash cookies very well.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3314025" width="1" height="1">