UPDATE: 7TH SEP 2009: FLUSH 0.3.1 released
Flush has been updated. Hopefully all of the issues raised up till now will be addressed. Flush 0.3.1 is now compatible with Leopard and Snow Leopard. Peace
Please report any issues.
Changelog
– 0.3
- A new list view for flash cookies allowing you to delete flash cookies selectively.
- Flush has been remade using Automator
- Improved compatibility in 10.5 and 10.6
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OS X Tiger and Panther users can try using Flush Tiger.app. Please comment on any success/failure since testing of Flush Tiger has been limited. Download Flush Tiger here.
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For those who do not know about Flash cookies, more properly referred to as Local Shared Objects (LSO), they operate in a similar way to regular browser cookies but are stored outside the purview of your browser, meaning you cannot delete them from within your browser, whether Safari, Firefox, Opera or any other. Typically they are issued from sites or 3rd party sites that contain Adobe Flash content. Since virtually all internet advertising is delivered in Flash, Google/Doubleclick and all other internet advertising companies are sure to be tracking your browsing behavior with Flash cookies. These companies can see you traverse the Internet as you come upon the plethora of sites that contain their embedded advertising. Check out the Wikipedia entry here.
In Mac OS X they are stored in the following location:
/User’s Home Folder/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/#SharedObjects
The settings for the Flash cookies are stored in:
/User’s Home Folder/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys
In OS X Local Shared Objects, or Flash Cookies, are appended with a .sol suffix. Flush deletes the Flash cookies (.sol) and their settings.
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