<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Doug <<a href="mailto:dmcgarrett@optonline.net">dmcgarrett@optonline.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On 09/30/2010 11:00 PM, Basil Chupin wrote: > On 01/10/2010 01:52, Adam Funk wrote: > >> On 2010-09-30, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: >> >> >> >>> Here's a news article about flash cookies: >>> <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/110838/cookies-cause-bitter-backlash?mod=family-kids_parents" target="_blank">http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/110838/cookies-cause-bitter-backlash?mod=family-kids_parents</a> >>> >>> Does anyone have knowledge of them and whether they affect ubuntu or >>> Linux browsers/software in general? >>> >>> >> They do. I installed the BetterPrivacy add-on in Firefox and >> discovered I had flash cookies going back well over a year. I now >> have it set to delete them after 90 minutes and when I close Firefox. >> >> <a href="http://netticat.ath.cx/BetterPrivacy/BetterPrivacy.htm" target="_blank">http://netticat.ath.cx/BetterPrivacy/BetterPrivacy.htm</a> >> >> > Thanks for this - didn't know about this Addon. Now installed - and > these cookies now won't last 2 seconds on this computer. > > BC > > </div>I went to the netticat...website and snapped on the blue gadget at the top of the page (this was in Windows) and nothing happened. I went to the Wiki page and found a link for windows and snapped on it and was able to install. However, the page has downloads for windows and mac os-X, but nothing for Linux. I went to the main page in Linux and snapped on the blue gadget and again nothing happened. How did you d/l this for Linux? I'd like to put this in PcLinuxOs, Ubuntu, and Debian. (PCLO is a KDE distro, the other two are Gnome, if it matters.) Tried to get file with apt-get install. System said it was doing something about dependencies (I forget the wording) and then said it couldn't find BetterPrivacy. (PcLOs.) Please bear in mind that I'm a tyro with file management, etc. in Linux. If it doesn't show in Synaptic, or the file-getters in Debian or Ubuntu, I usually can't get the file! --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley <div><div></div><div class="h5"> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> Hey, open Tools > Addons in Firefox's main menu. There in search box type betterprivacy. You will get an entry in the results for this. Just install it right off. And it's firefox's plugin the OS shouldn't matter. -vb <a href="http://goog_1335438823" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://pointelement.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://pointelement.blogspot.com/</a> Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html" target="_blank">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html</a>