On Sat, 19 Oct 2013, Moon Jones wrote:
On 14.10.2013 16:55, Griffin Boyce wrote:
In addition to the other great recommendations, I'd highly recommend blocking Flash if you're concerned about privacy. Not only do flash cookies persist longer / are hard to block / are harder to remove, but it's easy to fingerprint someone via a tiny bit of flash. Flash is also enabled by default on Google Chrome, so check out FlashBlock [2]. It also offers more granularity in case you like gaming :D
Flash is proprietary. Meaning licensing problems with the media.
Flash is closed source. Meaning it can contain anything. See the latest talk about DLink routers.
<Snip: remainder of good list> For mozilla users, the NoScript" plugin is like having a helping hand from god (on her days off): It's super easy to use, highly rffrctive, and throughput neutral. //Alif -- Those who make peaceful change impossible, make violent revolution inevitable. An American Spring is coming: one way or another.