Local Shared Object
Local shared objects (LSOs), commonly called flash cookies (due to their similarities with HTTP cookies), are pieces of data that websites which use Adobe Flash may store on a user's computer. Local shared objects are used by all versions of Adobe Flash Player and version 6 and above of Macromedia's now-obsolete Flash Player.
While websites may use local shared objects for purposes such as storing user preferences, there have been privacy concerns regarding local shared objects, and they may be considered a breach of browser security.
Read more about Local Shared Object: Storage, Privacy Concerns, Editors and Toolkits
Famous quotes containing the words local, shared and/or object:
“The local snivels through the fields:
I sit between felt-hatted mums....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
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“The object of oratory alone is not truth, but persuasion.”
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)