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

[Sean Kilpatrick]

I have the Better Privacy plug-in.  When I close Firefox it asks me if I 
want to keep X number of LSOs?  But it won't tell me which sites are 
trying to leave them behind.  The only option I get is to keep them all or 
kill them all.

Ideally I would be able to delete an LSO depending on which site wanted to 
leave it behind.  I managed to find thedirectory that stores them, but an 
LSO is a binary file, not readable without jumping through still more 
hoops.

Sean

On Thursday, November 01, 2012 07:02:18 pm Tim Watts wrote:
> 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-enabl
> > e-
> > 
> > > 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.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > (To whom it may concern. My email address has changed. Replying to
> > > 
> > > 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.)
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > (PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might
> > > want
> > 
> > to
> > 
> > > call on the phone. I get about 300 emails per day from alternate
> > > 
> > > energy mailing lists and such. I don't always see new email
> > > messages
> > > 
> > > very quickly.)
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Ron Frazier
> > > 
> > > 770-205-9422 (O) Leave a message.
> > > 
> > > linuxdude AT techstarship.com
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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