Hi Jon
On 26/01/12 08:38, Jon Warbrick wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jan 2012, Kieren Pitts wrote:
>
>> Just on the topic of AddThis, they used to provide a "cookie-less"
>> version which you could use by adding:
>>
>> data_use_cookies: false
>>
>> to the addthis_config.
>>
>> I can't see it mentioned in their documentation any more (although
>> it's mentioned a fair bit in the forums) but it still seems to work.
>
> Do we know if this works for all browser storage that AddThis uses? When
> I last looked (a while ago) AddThis used Flash 'Local Shared Objects'
> (a.k.a. 'flash cookies') as well as traditional HTTP cookies. These are
> probably 'badder' than HTTP cookies because most people don't know about
> them, and they are of course also covered by the new regulations.
>
I don't think AddThis use Flash cookies any more, see update at the end of:
http://www.addthis.com/blog/2009/01/05/the-addthis-flash-cookie-we-need-your-feedback
and:
http://www.addthis.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=23712&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
However, if you don't want them to use Flash at all (which probably
applies to most people) you can use:
data_use_flash: false
Cheers
Kieren
> Jon.
>
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