Local Shared Object: Flash Cookies You Didn't Know About
I stumbled upon the concept of "Local Shared Objects" for the first time today after reading about the Objection extension for Firefox.For those who have also not heard of "Local Shared Objects" or LSOs for short, Wikipedia define them as:A Local Shared Object (LSO) is a collection of cookie-like data stored as a file on a user's PC. LSOs are used by all versions of Adobe Flash Player and those subsequent to Version 5 of Macromedia's now-obsolete Flash MX PlayerWell, sounds reasonable enough as I've had to use cookies to my advantage before, so why shouldn't Flash developers have the same functionality? I mean, the user can always reject the cookie if they want, like normal cookies, right?Well, actually NO. Continue reading ►