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If you care about privacy, if you know the clear and even occasionally to prevent a timely manner to protect the privacy of the importance of the cookie, then you should pay attention to flash invasion of privacy issues. Because of its sol (Local Shared Object) less than the cookie people know more stubborn than the cookie (harder to clear). Web site through your flash can even start your microphone and web camera, it can even be used to prepare for when you most do not - even if you think that this site does not use flash when - secretly let the world see you, hear

I always thought I was clear that use of Adobe flash technology has its shortcomings. It improves Guizhan browse the threshold, lower Guizhan rate Guizhan wasted bandwidth, the site should have a larger audience, selling to the Adobe. From the perspective of smart online marketing, the abuse of flash, graphics and links to key in the flash menu buttons hidden inside, is fatal to one of the site traffic.

The above are all of those facts; However, these are just the boss / web designer point of view. These past few days that I learned: flash injuries, not just site owners; it hurt you - any one of Internet users.

Please search for your computer attached file named. Sol files. I am under Linux, find the *. sol are located in ~ /. Macromedia / under. Ya Mamma Mia! I rarely go to flash sites flavors; use is not the official flash player; but they have also in several dart! Because even gnash also support an alternative sol.

Sol Jiugen cookie, just like it is a constructive use. It can help websites keep track of your browsing history in this, such as this flash game you have already broke into the first of several closed ﹑ you prefer to buy what kind of products (this can be more accurate playback / paste you might be interested in advertising ) ﹑ remember your site's account at the close (to waste time re-playing) ﹑ ....

However, a lot of sol evil than the cookie:

    1. It is the information stored in cookie than big.
    2. Very few people know of its existence - so few people realize the need to remove it. (Such as IT person dignitaries such a person should know is long overdue ...)
    3. The browser (FF, IE, ...) the "Clear Private Data" function can not clear it.
    4. In fact, even websites with the sol so that the cookies have been deleted resurrection (Organ Hand: Please broadcast the zombie film music)
    5. Do you believe in this station do not see flash on the ill effects? Wrong! No flash pictures of the site, still can be sol stored on your computer.
    6. Adobe's official website, there are clear features available online (see above article); but for those who do not quite understand the technology, if he had to remove flash software, or is offline, you can not use this feature clear sol .

In Linux, you want to permanently refuse to sol, can be: cd ~; rm-rf. Macromedia /; ln-s / dev / null. Macromedia any subsequent access. Macromedia / attempt will fail. Windows, Firefox users can install BetterPrivacy package. Even you never reject sol, majority of flash sites can still be used. Therefore, if some sites and forget who you are (each visit is like the first time), it is normal; if some sites were thus unable to enter, you may consider it as a refusal to have contact with.

Was implanted sol without even realizing it, install the flash is not the most dangerous side effects. Even more evil, the introduction of flash technology, the website, you can get flash to secretly open your microphone and webcam. Adobe security updates, not yet fully aftermath. For readers interested in technology, see a possible attack methods. (Not a complete list) you want to experience the privacy of all individuals exposed to the reader, you can read the Chinese version of the article Will. Point he gives a link, then please laugh to see one of the world, you had to be on camera! Use the vernacular repeat: as long as your computer has installed flash (almost everyone's computer has loaded), as long as your microphone and web cameras are not intentionally trying to cover up, then you visit any website (even if you think this station is useless to the flash), there will always be photographed overheard (and then paste the public network) risk. Really grateful to Adobe provides flash, so that we do not know when it will suddenly do not expect in the most cases, through the Internet to see hear each other naked!

Indeed, Adobe, and there is no direct, systematic violation of your privacy. On the other hand, you can clearly see: For Adobe, the care of visitors privacy, has never been their most important consideration - unless the experts broke the news. Even if they are broke the news, they dare not aloud to remind all users ... to remind the user what? In addition to remove the flash, there is no 100 percent solution. (Delete sol does not help to solve the above-mentioned secretly open the microphone / camera issues.) Adobe in order to protect their market share, it is impossible to remind you that you want to remove flash. Adobe must sacrifice the privacy of consumers. Sorry, the digital age of Jurassic Park is so cruel reality.

How to solve this problem? If you disable the flash, this world would be much better. Flash The biggest problem is that it developed from a single vendor. Behind closed doors to outsiders for the design flaws have no say. In contrast, for example, html 5 video playback from multiple vendors and non-profit organizations developed a comprehensive on security considerations, the will be more complete. If you need interactive features, can be considered squeak / seaside.

Realistically, however, is impossible to completely stop - my nephew niece spank flash game; even my die-hard, and occasionally have to be on YouTube. We can do is to try to find alternatives to reduce the need to use the flash time. For example, stocks (Hehe ... too long and did not read) recently found that the line graph into a yahoo also need to flash. So I switch to enrichment network. Please also help to tell you - the teachers in the computer class / civics / ... tell the students; readers of this article please force reposted elsewhere. (Please indicate the source; original there are many hyperlinks.) Let us opinion / interest / consumer power, to the misuse of the website flash some pressure, so that flash into a "only a few specific timing needed only occasionally to open" function.

If there are young people like me are willing to invest a decade ago to prevent the spread doc, then ten years from now, perhaps an opportunity for flash hazard to stay within a certain limit - at least ten years after the opportunity for us to understand not blindly misuse of the latest version of flash poison function. However, I personally already had his hands. In the attention economy era, into the "awakening of class social movements", is a matter helps yourself and others. Please conscious on the ground shots, telling us that the serious problem of flash to make the world a result of the awakening of your bar!