macromedia flash mx bypasses cookie settings

From: jelmer (jkuperusat_private)
Date: Mon Oct 07 2002 - 09:42:00 PDT

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    So you want to browse anonymously
    
    - You have disabled cookies
    
    - You have disabled the media player ID
    (http://www.computerbytesman.com/privacy/supercookie.htm)
    
    - and you have disallowed storing of userData on your pc
    (http://news.com.com/2100-1023-245556.html?legacy=cnet&tag=st.ne.1002.tgif.ni)
    
    And you feel you are safe..but your not because then there is flash mx..
    
    here's a little snippet taken from
    http://www.macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/help/localinfo/#1_4
    
    <snip>
    When Macromedia Flash content is being played, the settings you choose for
    the Flash Player are used in place of options you may have set in your
    browser. That is, even if you have specified in your browser settings that
    you do not want cookies placed on your computer
    </snip>
    
    
    There really isn't any point in implementing p3p in internet explorer when
    92% of the webs users are able to
    view flash content wich totally disregards all of these settings
    



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