On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 20:42:01 +0000 (UTC), in <alt.privacy.spyware>,
arnstein@panix.com (David Arnstein) wrote:

> This article from Yahoo/techweb describes a spying technique that uses
> features of Macromedia Flash:
>
[snip]

It's already being discussed in another thread:

Message-ID: <fo4r415inht3in9uvs2kqhii3promp35b1@4ax.com>
(and f'ups thereto)

> I thihk that I will just remove Macromedia software instead.
>
[snip]

What took you so long to reach that decision?

Note the date on this article:

<http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0%2C1558%2C863408%2C00.asp>

> I hope that the anti-spyware vendors will provide features to control
> these "shared objects."

Unnecessary. The complete and totally effective cure is to simply not permit
Macromedia products to be installed on your system(s).

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