[OWASP-Washington] Interesting use of Flash

[Ludwig, Andre]

http://www.internetweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=160400749

The New York company on Thursday unveiled what it calls PIE, or
persistent identification element, a technology that's uploaded to a
browser and restores deleted cookies. In addition, PIE, which can't be
easily removed, can also act as a cookie backup, since it contains the
same information.""

How to get rid of them
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/sett
ings_manager.html

Andre
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