supercookie
nounEtymology From super- + cookie.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Informal A data store on a user's computer that can be accessed by websites and used as a more persistent form of cookie.
- The SharedObject class is familiar to many Flash programmers as a way to create a kind of supercookie; a local shared object (LSO) can store ActionScript data on the client between sessions.2005, Brian Lesser, Giacomo Guilizzoni, Robert Reinhardt, Programming Flash Communication Server:
- While doing an online security scan, I was told I can ^([sic]) a vulnerability because of the presence of a supercookie.2005, Boojum, “Supercookie”, in microsoft.public.security (Usenet):
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- I use the SR Ware Iron Browser, always on Incognito, and set to remove all data when i close the pane. I also remove all records after each day. Can you tell me, does this remove the supercookies?2009, Billy, “Adobe's Flash Player sets "supercookies"”, in alt.comp.freeware (Usenet):
- Related terms
- evercookie