[ale] ARRGH - yet another way they invade your privacy - DOM storage

[Tim Watts]

On Thu, 2012-11-01 at 17:37 -0400, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
> Thanks for the tip.
> 
> DOM storage is easy enough to disable, but how do I disable flash
> cookies
> 
> aka LSOs?
> 
For FireFox I use the BetterPrivacy add-on.


> Sean
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> On Thursday, November 01, 2012 04:57:26 pm Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
> 
> > I just have a minute to post this. I discovered this while
> configuring
> 
> > Internet Explorer on a Win 7 machine. It applies to Firefox too, on
> 
> > whatever platform. Not sure about Safari and Opra and other
> browsers.
> 
> > Apparently, DOM storage provides a much more flexible and versatile
> 
> > way for website operators to store much more persistent data on your
> 
> > machine without your knowledge and without all those onerous
> 
> > restrictions on what you can do with cookies. I read just a bit
> about
> 
> > it and decided to turn it off. Your mileage may very. Yet another
> 
> > thing I have to tweak on every IE and FF install I own.
> 
> > 
> 
> >
> http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/106540-dom-storage-cookies-enable-
> 
> > disable.html
> 
> > 
> 
> > So, if you're keeping score, and you care about such things, you
> need
> 
> > to control / disable:
> 
> > 
> 
> > cookies
> 
> > flash cookies
> 
> > DOM storage
> 
> > 
> 
> > Warning, doing this may break websites in very strange ways. If you
> 
> > incapacitate your computer, it's on your shoulders.
> 
> > 
> 
> > I recommend the following FF add-ons for those concerned about
> privacy
> 
> > and security
> 
> > 
> 
> > noscript
> 
> > betterprivacy
> 
> > collusion
> 
> > ghostery
> 
> > 
> 
> > OH, and remove JAVA from the machine altogether!
> 
> > 
> 
> > For what it's worth.
> 
> > 
> 
> > Or, you can think like the Borg - RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!!!
> 
> > 
> 
> > Sincerely,
> 
> > 
> 
> > Ron
> 
> > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > --
> 
> > 
> 
> > Sent from my Android Acer A500 tablet with bluetooth keyboard and
> K-9
> 
> > Mail. Please excuse my potential brevity.
> 
> > 
> 
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> 
> > former messages prior to 03/31/12 with my personal address will go
> to
> 
> > the wrong address. Please send all personal correspondence to the
> new
> 
> > address.)
> 
> > 
> 
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> to
> 
> > call on the phone. I get about 300 emails per day from alternate
> 
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> 
> > very quickly.)
> 
> > 
> 
> > Ron Frazier
> 
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> 
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> > 
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