[olug] an easier way to wipe your FLAsh SeSion cookiies

[DYNATRON tech]

originally, the script was intended to be a quick offline way of wiping your
FLASS without checking home to mother. the curl trick was something i found
handy when i didn't have flasswipe installed on a system already. i have
flasswipe run every time i start a gnome or KDE session, and my browser
seems to be happier for it.


now,

picture a world where you need to go to
*http://www.firefox.org/cookies/weownyou/cookiesettings.php*
to manage your browser cookies.

better yet, imagine a world where you have to go to
*
http://www.microsoft.cum/weownyoubetter/usethisorwewillbuyanothermemberofcongresstomakeitalaw/delete.html
*
to empty your recycle bin.



sure, you could trust macromedia, but they are in it for the single purpose
of business growth for the shareholders to make a profit.

i'm in it because i want open source to rule everything from voting machines
to pocket watches.




make your trust decision based on that.




BTW an easy way to install it is
*curl* *html://www.slauce.com/flasswipe > ~/flasswipe*
then you can just *~/flasswipe* to run it whenever.

and
*curl html://www.slauce.com/flasswipe*
will print the script to the terminal so you can read it first, if you still
have a trust issue.





On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 1:49 AM, Jason Troy <jason.troy at gmail.com> wrote:

> >>> Other solutions to wipe Flash cookies:
>
> I like my rock. Its a big sturdy rock. Unfortunately it shielded me
> from knowing why the Flash Cookie management is a big deal or why
> scripts are needed.
> Why not just use the page provided to manage the flash cookies? What
> am I missing?
>
> http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html
>
> BTW - Thank you J for sharing that was yours, I wouldn't have known
> otherwise. I'd like to think that fellow olugers are indeed
> trustworthy, but a friendly reminder to double check the source code
> before executing never hurt anyone.
>
>
> -- JT
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