Ubuntu and flash cookies

[Tom H]

On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Robert Holtzman <holtzm at cox.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 06:08:19PM -0400, Tom H wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Cybe R. Wizard
>> <cyber_wizard at mindspring.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Here's a news article about flash cookies:
>> > http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/110838/cookies-cause-bitter-backlash?mod=family-kids_parents
>> >
>> > Does anyone have knowledge of them and whether they affect ubuntu or
>> > Linux browsers/software in general?
>>
>> They affect any browser that uses flash in any OS or distribution.
>>
>> On Linux, you can delete them from
>> /home/<user>/.macromedia/Flash_Player/
>
> On my box ~/.macromedia is empty. A better solution is the "Better
> Privacy" extension (assuming you use Firefox).

Then "Better Privacy" must be doing its job...