Adobe’s Flash and Apple’s Safari Fail a Privacy Test

[Dogbiscuit]

-{ Quote: "In a paper published Tuesday, Ms. McKinley found particular problems with Safari and concluded that none of the four major browsers extends its privacy protections to Adobe’s immensely popular Flash plug-in, which is used to display Web animations and video." }--{ Quote: "She added that Adobe is working with the browser makers on combining privacy settings for the browser and Flash to make it easier for users to manage their settings.
" }-Article (http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/adobes-flash-and-apples-safari-fail-a-privacy-test/?em)

[tlu]

-{ Quote: "Article (http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/adobes-flash-and-apples-safari-fail-a-privacy-test/?em)" }-

Yes, that's a well-known problem ignored by most users.

[Cerxes]

The link for changing the flash settings is mentioned in the article, but here it is:

http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager02.html

I would advice to restrict as much as possible.

/C.

[tlu]

-{ Quote: "The link for changing the flash settings is mentioned in the article, but here it is:

http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager02.html

I would advice to restrict as much as possible.

/C." }-

Agreed.