[ale] LSO cookies

[Sean Kilpatrick]

I'm having trouble getting a screenshot.  If no LSO cookies have been 
created, then the dialog box stays on the screen for less than a second.
But it is (I think) generated by a firefox plug-in labeled "better 
privacy."

Sean

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On Friday, October 19, 2012 12:46:33 am mike at trausch.us wrote:
> On 10/18/2012 11:24 PM, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
> > My question at the ALE meeting tonight was about LSO cookies.
> > 
> > Wikipedia reports LSO stands for Local Shared Object aka flash
> > cookies. Every time I close Firefox I am asked if I want to save X
> > number of LSO cookies.  My kneejerk reaction is, of course, to say
> > "NO!"  But I am curious as to which sites are trying to store this
> > crap on my box.  To that end I need to see them, but I can't find
> > them.
> > 
> > Does anyone have a clue where to look?  I've tried the obvious
> > places, such as ~/.mozilla and ~/.kde.
> 
> Flash LSOs are stored somewhere under ~/.adobe/Flash_Player -- but the
> more curious thing is the prompt.
> 
> The screenshot would be useful here in order to attempt to see the
> styling and where perhaps it has originated.  What sort of plugins do
> you have other than Flash?
> 
>       --- Mike