Re: libflash (64 bit) problem on kongregate.com
2012/3/19 Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>:
> On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:05:56 +0100, Loïc Grenié wrote:
>
>> 2012/3/19 Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>:
>
>>>> When I set
>>>>
>>>> allowThirdPartyLSOAccess
>>>>
>>>> to true, it works.
>>>
>>> Where did you set that value? Firefox (browser), Adobe Flash Plugin
>>> settings? I don't remember of having to do any adjustment for it :-?
>>
>> vi
>>
>> more precisely
>>
>> vi
>> ~/.macromedia/Flash_Player/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys/settings.sol
>
> Is that file directly editable? :-?
Yes (technically) but not really (practically). You have to use binary
mode and you'd better keep a clean copy (if you err -- as I did).
>>>> Now this is a little bit worrying (I don't know what it's for,
>>>> but it looks like it's privacy related).
>>>>
>>>> Does anybody know what this setting is for ?
>>>
>>> Nope, sorry, never heard of that before :-)
>>
>> As I expected (google helps !)
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_shared_object Local shared objects
>> (LSOs), commonly called flash cookies
>>
>> I am re-enabling cross-site cookies. I do not find *where* I
>> can disable it and *when* I did it, however I have disabled cross-site
>> cookies and that's what blocks kongregate games.
>
> I did hear about flash cookies but I don't know where the settings can be
> configured... oh, wait, there's a "control panel" for adobe flash plugin I
> never install, maybe this value can be tweaked from there.
>
> Or here:
>
> http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html
>
> But I can't see any option to enable/disable that setting.
No, I don't see it either. It's possible that adobe does not want
you to edit it !
>> I'm trying to find a workaround...
>
> No way. Sites require cookies, all require cookies right now. I do allow all
> cookies for any site, but I delete all of them when I close the browser (which
> happens every minute :-P). It's annoying having to deal with an amnesic
> browser but it avoids many headaches (like this of yours) :-)
I didn't know you could erase Flash cookies at each exit. However,
I want to keep my scores in Gemcraft, no way I delete all the cookies
at each exit (my browser cookies, however, are deleted at each exit).
Loïc
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