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Safari cookies return after being deleted.

I have reset safari, I have manually deleted them only to have them return before i'm done! I've gone to Adolbe flash site and set it to zero, but the safari cookies keep returning! Something corrupt? Help on this one please!

imac, Mac OS X (10.5.6), 2008 model

Posted on May 5, 2009 9:20 PM

31 replies

doz

Level 1

115 points

Sep 10, 2009 5:19 AM in response to AstroMacMan

To those of you concerned about privacy and tracking issues vis-a-vis cookies I must remind you of the existence of flash cookies.

To view a list and delete the flash cookies on your system check out Flush.
http://machacks.tv/2009/01/27/flushapp-flash-cookie-removal-tool-for-os-x/

This app was mentioned in this piece on wired.com:
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/08/you-deleted-your-cookies-think-again/

and lifehacker:
http://lifehacker.com/5334984/web-sites-using-flash-instead-of-browser-cookies-t o-track-your-activity

To learn more about flash cookies check out the wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LocalSharedObject

Safari cookies return after being deleted.

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