http://techgringo.com Your Tech Info Source Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:24:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://techgringo.com/flash-cookies-hidden-menace-109.html#comment-5 james Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:02:42 +0000 http://techgringo.com/?p=9#comment-5 Oh, and stop emailing everyone in your address book with useless stuff, it pisses them off more than spam cause they actually think its important and then they learn that you are a nutter. Oh, and stop emailing everyone in your address book with useless stuff, it pisses them off more than spam cause they actually think its important and then they learn that you are a nutter.

]]> http://techgringo.com/flash-cookies-hidden-menace-109.html#comment-4 james Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:57:50 +0000 http://techgringo.com/?p=9#comment-4 you guys are wimps cookies are used to store and monitor information when a computer accesses a site. it is designed for security so that the information cant be used for malicious purposes, and used for convenience so that you can have a shopping cart when you go to a site instead of having to memorize a set of information yourself and type each product data number in on your own the thought that java cookies much less any other cookies can be used to steal information or track your movements is preposterous, there is no overlord of the internet who can track your movements and the only real way to tell where you have been is on your computer if you actually fear someone knowing what you are doing online you need better security for your house, not deleting the cookies on your computer because it is easier to steal your passport than your credit card number with cookies and frankly with the way that cookies work if you are more vulnerable to fraud and identity theft because you have to retype your information multiple times instead of it being stored in a well secured fire walled encrypted server. you are tossing away your convenience for the fake piece of mind it gives you, security cameras are for your safety, cookies are for you to be more efficient, and if anyone could steal from you using cookies you would already be broke and for some malicious reason signed up to receive a few very large bills and one postcard from a cocky hacker on a beach somewhere. you guys are wimps cookies are used to store and monitor information when a computer accesses a site. it is designed for security so that the information cant be used for malicious purposes, and used for convenience so that you can have a shopping cart when you go to a site instead of having to memorize a set of information yourself and type each product data number in on your own the thought that java cookies much less any other cookies can be used to steal information or track your movements is preposterous, there is no overlord of the internet who can track your movements and the only real way to tell where you have been is on your computer if you actually fear someone knowing what you are doing online you need better security for your house, not deleting the cookies on your computer because it is easier to steal your passport than your credit card number with cookies and frankly with the way that cookies work if you are more vulnerable to fraud and identity theft because you have to retype your information multiple times instead of it being stored in a well secured fire walled encrypted server. you are tossing away your convenience for the fake piece of mind it gives you, security cameras are for your safety, cookies are for you to be more efficient, and if anyone could steal from you using cookies you would already be broke and for some malicious reason signed up to receive a few very large bills and one postcard from a cocky hacker on a beach somewhere.

]]> http://techgringo.com/flash-cookies-hidden-menace-109.html#comment-3 daria369 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:57:57 +0000 http://techgringo.com/?p=9#comment-3 I cleaned my computer and then sent the link to this post to all the computer-users from my address book. Thank you!!! I cleaned my computer and then sent the link to this post to all the computer-users from my address book. Thank you!!!

]]> http://techgringo.com/flash-cookies-hidden-menace-109.html#comment-2 cchiovitti Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:36:38 +0000 http://techgringo.com/?p=9#comment-2 Wow, thanks for the tip - I just did it! I always clear my cache a couple of times each day (I work on a lot of pages that just clog up my temporary folder), but never thought about Flash. Wow, thanks for the tip - I just did it! I always clear my cache a couple of times each day (I work on a lot of pages that just clog up my temporary folder), but never thought about Flash.

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