Local shared object: Difference between revisions

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If the current limit is exceeded, the user is shown a dialog requesting storage space of the next size. The user can manually override the amount by clicking the Flash application with right mouse button and selecting Settings - however, this applies only to the ___domain of the Flash movie. If the selected setting is smaller than the current data size, the data is deleted.

The global LSO settings can be amended at Adobe's web site using a manager tool<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html| title=Global settings manager| publisher=[[Adobe_Systems|Adobe]] |accessdate=2007-12-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.adobe.com/go/52697ee8| title=TechNote: How to manage and delete local shared objects?| publisher=[[Adobe_Systems|Adobe]] |accessdate=2007-12-05}}</ref>, itself using the Flash technology. Using the manager, the LSO's can be turned off completely.

== Storage ___location ==

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Additional information is available at the Electronic Privacy Information Center's [<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.epic.org/privacy/cookies/flash.html| title=Local Shared Objects — "-Flash Cookies"]| pagepublisher=Electronic Privacy Information Center| date=2005-07-21| accessdate=2007-12-05 | publisher=[[Electronic_Privacy_Information_Center|Electronic Privacy Information Center]]}}</ref>.

Additional information is available at the Electronic Privacy Information Center's [http://www.epic.org/privacy/cookies/flash.html Local Shared Objects — "Flash Cookies"] page.

== Viewing and editing LSOs ==

Tools to read and edit SOL files have emerged. Examples of non-Flash SOL-file editors and toolkits include: [http://solve.sourceforge.net SolVE], [http://www.alexisisaac.net/flash/articles/.sol-editor-local-shared-object--2.html .SOL Editor], and [http://dojotoolkit.org Dojo JavaScript Toolkit]. For users of [[Windows XP]], they can expect to find the LSOs under their user [[Directory (file systems)|directory]]. [http://www.maxa-tools.com/cookie.htm MAXA Cookie Manager] is the first Cookie Manager that is able to handle LSOs beneath conventional Cookies.

For users of the [[Firefox]] [[web_browser|web browser]], there is an [[Firefox_extension|extension]] called ''Objection'' <ref>{{cite web| url=http://forum.addonsmirror.net/index.php?showtopic=3133&hl=objection| title=Addons Mirror| date=[[2007-06-07]]| accessdate=2007-12-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://objection.mozdev.org/ | title=Objection web site| accessdate=2007-12-05}}</ref>