[UPHPU] shame on you Adobe

[MilesTogoe]

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<
> wadeshearer.lists at me.com>  wrote:
>
>    
>> On 12 Aug 2009, at 11:53, cole at colejoplin.com 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.