Corporations are people.
At any moment in time, Quantcast, Clearspring, Specific Media, Interclick, McDonald's, CBS, Mazda Motor of America, Microsoft, and many other corporations could be standing outside your internet window, staring in, and tugging on their advertizing income potential.
Did you know Adobe Flash keeps hidden cookies that aren't erased by browsers even after deleting "history"?
No, you probably didn't.
These special cookies are called "Local Stored Objects". Only Adobe can see them. Or Adobe's friends. You can't.
Larry Ellison's company decided to use your hard drive for storage.
Hope you don't mind.
Your private habits. Your data. Your computer. Their access.
Good luck finding START-->PROGRAMS-->FLASH-->ERACE HISTORY.
It doesn't exist.
Adobe Flash is like ceiling cat which only shows its face when
it wants to.
The other times it stays hidden.....waiting....
In order to delete this information off your hard drive, you have to connect to the internet, allow scripts, and go to their Adobe website:
Adobe - Flash Player : Settings Manager - Global Privacy Settings Panel.
Didn't know that? Huh.
Law Technology News: History Sniffing Code Collides With Privacy Concerns
"In 2009 academic researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law published a report finding that
more than 50 percent of the popular websites in their sample were using Flash cookies to store user information and preferences and that
some sites were even using technology that "respawned" cookies after they were deleted."
The courts may be allowing this stalking of individuals by other "individuals":
Does Dismissal of Flash Cookie Case Against Specific Media Signal Smoother Sailing for Targeted Advertising? : Privacy and Security Law Blog
-"In dismissing, the Court concluded Plaintiffs never actually alleged Specific Media tracked them personally, or that they suffered harm from the alleged practices"....
-"In particular, to support a claim under the CFAA, plaintiffs must have suffered economic losses totaling at least $5,000 in a one-year period."