The other computer "cookie"

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So you probably know about browser cookies. Those little snippets that store data for you while visiting web sites. Usually pretty easy to delete while in the browser's options menu.

Well did you know that you probably have another type of cookie on your computer? I ran across this a few years ago when trying to figure out how Bank of America knew what my initial login was even though I had deleted my browser cookies. Well Adobe Flash keeps their own type of cookie and a lot of web sites are using it for more than just saving flash info. You can see your flash cookies at this web page

http://www.macromedia.com/support/do...manager03.html

I would suggest that you consider turning off "Allow third party flash content to store data on your computer"

BTW, after deleting my flash cookies, Bank of America required me to re-authenticate my PC. And FWIW, I use Safe Pass with Bank of America. http://www.bankofamerica.com/privacy...about_safepass . It really upgrades the security of on-line banking. PayPal has a similar optional security tool https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/websc...ityKey-outside

An while we are talking about banking security, did you know that business accounts in the United States do not have the same type of electronic theft insurance as personal accounts?

Check this out for more info http://krebsonsecurity.com/category/smallbizvictims/ or http://voices.washingtonpost.com/sec...ess_banki.html