The Hidden Cookies: Local Shared Objects and Privacy Implications

Many users, specially those who are worried about privacy, already know cookies: how they work, where are they saved and, most imprtantly, how to delete them. Most browsers include an utility to manage them, blocking or deleting the ones we don But even if you are actively deleting cookies, you might still be leaving something behind. Local Shared Objects are the implementation of cookies done by Adobe Flash. So, if you have this software installed (and most people do) these Flash cookies are resting on your hard disk, maybe forever.

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