Saturday, 5 March 2011

Privacy concerns over 'flash cookies'

According to a report in the Guardian this morning, the Which? magazine has launched an investigation into security concerns surrounding the use of 'flash cookies'. In the past, Big Brother Watch has provided information about how to remove cookies - a small digital record planted on your computer by online advertisers - yet the development of so-called 'flash cookies' has made it far harder to remove them from your computer's hard drive. According to the Guardian: "Flash cookies are a component of the applications which run inside Adobe Flash Player. Originally their role was to store and retrieve user preferences...

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