Flash Cookies
You all must be aware of browser cookies. Browser cookies allows site to store small amount of data on your PC.
These can be used to store visitor preferences etc. These cookies can be viewed and cleared easily.
There is another feature called “Flash Cookies” or in technical terms called “Local Shared Object”. This allows sites to store cookie like data on visitor PC. These cookies are created through adobe flash player. With the default settings, flash player does ask user’s permission to store this data.
Many sites like google, youtube etc use flash cookies. So next time you want to clear cookies, don’t forget to clear these. You can view and delete these cookies by visiting this page http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html
