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[number6]

It seems like you can't turn on your PC without someone you should be able to trust tracking you.

[Adama]

Wow, so now we have more things to worry about besides Cookies, eh?

[OldOnliner]

Cookies, shmookies... they're not much of a threat. Look at the settings for adobe player and other plug-ins, and be afraid, very afraid.

[publicmenace]

"Look at the settings for adobe player and other plug-ins...." OK, how? They're not stand-alone apps, they're plug-ins. Where are these "settings" and how do I view or change them?

[Northlite]

When you click on the web page in the article above it takes you to what is your actual Adobe flash player settings.

[number6]

The only one I know how to change is Adobe's Flash Player. You can change it's preferences when you watch videos or at this link to Adobe's web site.

[nmcallister]

Google Gears, which I mention in the article above, is actually pretty simple to manage. In Firefox it adds a new menu called "Gears Settings" right below your "Add-Ons" menu, which allows you to disable Gears storage for any site that you've previously enabled. I'm sure it does something similar for IE. The trick, of course, is just realizing that the new menu has appeared in the first place.

[Elijah]

I found that CCleaner works great. CCeaner.com
CCleaner will get rid of Aobe's data, and allot of other stuff.
It is a great Privacy tool.

[snowballed]

I used to go through the process of deleting these myself. But there are some good programs out there that do make it a lot easier. Qusum.com and Pareta.com work pretty well.
But for those who say there is no harm I don't actually like sites that store my username and password in a file that I can open up with a text editor. The web sites need to be more responsible then I would agree no big deal but till then, I'll cover my backside.