Zombie cookies won’t die

A researcher caught Microsoft using two different kinds of zombie cookies on the MSN site, the English home page of microsoft.com, and the Microsoft Store.

I thought zombie cookies were going away, so this was a real eye-opener.

See my InfoWorld Tech Watch article.

Adobe finally promises to rein in Flash cookies

It only took ‘em five months.

See my Infoworld blog.

Samy Kamar’s zombie cookie factory

Samy Kamar is an amazing programmer/sleuth.

I’ve been talking about zombie cookies for a couple of months now, with several articles in Windows Secrets Newsletter, and a couple of posts on Infoworld’s Tech Watch. The basic idea: there’s a way to stick a copy of any cookie in Flash’s local storage, so a site’s cookie can be restored even if you delete it.

Ergo, zombie cookie.

A couple of days ago, Samy published a program that stores and retrieves cookies in eight different locations. The “zombie” factor can retrieve and reconstitute a cookie from any of those eight locations – and he says he has four more locations coming.

Amazing. Check out the article in Infoworld Tech Watch.

Blocking Flash cookies in a corporate environment

It ain’t easy – there are no tools!

See my InfoWorld Tech Watch blog.

And all Adobe does is wag its finger….