Clear Flash Cookies & Disable From 3rd Parties

Don Von Alpha Dom
by Don Von Alpha Dom · 5 posts
12 years ago in Trackers
Posted 12 years ago · Author
There are some people who will try to track you and gather info on you through flash cookies.

To help prevent this, go here: http://www.macromedia.com/support/docum ... ger03.html
Clear data from all websites.
Go to global security settings tab.
Disable 3rd party flash cookies and storing of common flash components.
Posted 12 years ago
Local Shared Objects (LSO) are stored here:

Windows Xp:
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C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash Player\#SharedObjects
C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash Player\macromedia.com\support

Windows 7/8/10:
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C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player\macromedia.com\support\flashplayer\sys
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player\#SharedObjects

Macintosh OSX:
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/Users/[username]/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player

GNU-Linux:
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~/.macromedia


Appdata and Application Data are hidden system folders, you have to set "show hidden files folders and drives" in the folder options menu to see it. I don't use MacOSX or Linux very often so I am not sure if the folders are viewable by default.

Here is a Firefox addon that will give you better control over LSOs
Code
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/betterprivacy/


Here is a batch script that remove the LSOs for you. It works on Windows Xp and Windows 7 and I am sure it will work on Vista. This will delete the entire Macromedia folder where the LSOs are stored, then rebuild it. This removes all the LSOs and tracking directories and only rebuilds the Macromedia system folders.
Code
@echo off
cls
color 09
rmdir /s /q %appdata%\Macromedia\"
mkdir "%appdata%\Macromedia\"
mkdir "%appdata%\Macromedia\Flash Player\"
mkdir "%appdata%\Macromedia\Flash Player\#SharedObjects"
mkdir "%appdata%\Macromedia\Flash Player\#Security"
mkdir "%appdata%\Macromedia\Flash Player\#Security\FlashPlayerTrust"
mkdir "%appdata%\Macromedia\Flash Player\macromedia.com\"
mkdir "%appdata%\Macromedia\Flash Player\macromedia.com\support\"
mkdir "%appdata%\Macromedia\Flash Player\macromedia.com\support\flashplayer"
mkdir "%appdata%\Macromedia\Flash Player\macromedia.com\support\flashplayer\sys"
pause


For more information on LSOs, visit these websites:
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http://epic.org/privacy/cookies/flash.html
http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/04/flash-cookies-explained/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Shared_Object
Posted 12 years ago
Hmm. i wasnt fully aware about this. thanks to u both. 8)
Posted 9 years ago
Thanks a lot, Sir Don.

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