"Wired reports that over half of the web's most popular sites are using Flash to track users who block traditional browser cookies.
The findings come from a UC Berkeley study, which also found that only four of these top web sites using Flash cookies mention them in their privacy policies. From Wired:
Unlike traditional browser cookies, Flash cookies are relatively unknown to web users, and they are not controlled through the cookie privacy controls in a browser. That means even if a user thinks they have cleared their computer of tracking objects, they most likely have not."
Full article at: http://lifehacker.com/5334984/web-sites-using-flash-instead-of-browser-cookies-to-track-your-activity
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