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

[Tim Watts]

If you go to Tools / BetterPrivacy / LSO Manager you can see where each
LSO originates.  For each site you're willing to make the LSO
"permanent" double-click it.  That should toggle the Status from 'not
protected' to 'protected'.  Now you can just update your options and
have the non-protected ones automatically deleted on exit.  


On Thu, 2012-11-01 at 21:49 -0400, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
> 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
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> On Thursday, November 01, 2012 07:02:18 pm Tim Watts wrote:
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> > On Thu, 2012-11-01 at 17:37 -0400, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
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> > > Thanks for the tip.
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> > > 
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> > > DOM storage is easy enough to disable, but how do I disable flash
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> > > cookies
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> > > 
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> > > aka LSOs?
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> > For FireFox I use the BetterPrivacy add-on.
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> > > Sean
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> > >
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> > > On Thursday, November 01, 2012 04:57:26 pm Ron Frazier (ALE)
> wrote:
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> > > > I just have a minute to post this. I discovered this while
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> > > 
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> > > configuring
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> > > 
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> > > > Internet Explorer on a Win 7 machine. It applies to Firefox too,
> on
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> > > > 
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> > > > whatever platform. Not sure about Safari and Opra and other
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> > > browsers.
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> > > > Apparently, DOM storage provides a much more flexible and
> versatile
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> > > > 
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> > > > way for website operators to store much more persistent data on
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> > > > your
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> > > > 
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> > > > machine without your knowledge and without all those onerous
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> > > > 
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> > > > restrictions on what you can do with cookies. I read just a bit
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> > > 
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> > > about
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> > > 
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> > > > it and decided to turn it off. Your mileage may very. Yet
> another
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> > > > 
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> > > > thing I have to tweak on every IE and FF install I own.
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> > >
> http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/106540-dom-storage-cookies-enabl
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> > > e-
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> > > > disable.html
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> > > > 
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> > > > So, if you're keeping score, and you care about such things, you
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> > > 
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> > > need
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> > > 
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> > > > to control / disable:
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> > > > 
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> > > > 
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> > > > 
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> > > > cookies
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> > > > 
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> > > > flash cookies
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> > > > 
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> > > > DOM storage
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> > > > 
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> > > > Warning, doing this may break websites in very strange ways. If
> you
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> > > > 
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> > > > incapacitate your computer, it's on your shoulders.
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> > > > 
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> > > > 
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> > > > I recommend the following FF add-ons for those concerned about
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> > > privacy
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> > > 
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> > > > and security
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> > > > 
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> > > > 
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> > > > 
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> > > > noscript
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> > > > 
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> > > > betterprivacy
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> > > > 
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> > > > collusion
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> > > > 
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> > > > ghostery
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> > > > 
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> > > > 
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> > > > 
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> > > > OH, and remove JAVA from the machine altogether!
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> > > > 
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> > > > For what it's worth.
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> > > > Or, you can think like the Borg - RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!!!
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> > > > Sincerely,
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> > > > 
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> > > > 
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> > > > 
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> > > > Ron
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> > > > 
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> > > > 
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> > > > 
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> > > > 
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> > > > 
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> > > > --
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> > > > 
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> > > > Sent from my Android Acer A500 tablet with bluetooth keyboard
> and
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> > > 
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> > > K-9
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> > > 
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> > > > Mail. Please excuse my potential brevity.
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> > > > 
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> > > > 
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> > > > 
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> > > > (To whom it may concern. My email address has changed. Replying
> to
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> > > > 
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> > > > former messages prior to 03/31/12 with my personal address will
> go
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> > > 
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> > > to
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> > > 
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> > > > the wrong address. Please send all personal correspondence to
> the
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> > > 
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> > > new
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> > > 
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> > > > address.)
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> > > > 
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> > > > 
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> > > > (PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might
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> > > > want
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> > > 
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> > > to
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> > > 
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> > > > call on the phone. I get about 300 emails per day from alternate
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> > > > 
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> > > > energy mailing lists and such. I don't always see new email
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> > > > messages
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> > > > 
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> > > > very quickly.)
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> > > > Ron Frazier
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> > > > 
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> > > > 770-205-9422 (O) Leave a message.
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> > > > 
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> > > > linuxdude AT techstarship.com
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