Are flash cookies the same as http cookies?

Are flash cookies the same as http cookies?

Are they stored in text files?

Why do flas开发者_运维问答h cookies have a higher storage capacity?

Is this a security risk?

Translation?

No, they are not the same, hence the different name.

Flash manages it's own cookies, very much separately from browser/http cookies.

Your browser will not have direct access to flash cookies.

If the browser does not have Flash installed, flash cookies can't be used, but http cookies can.

Additional difference is that the flash cookies are shared between all the browsers installed in the system, whereas the usual cookies are "local" to the browser. Again, if your browser has separate profiles, all the profiles are sharing the same set of Flash cookies.

As far as I know, the biggest difference is in scale. A standard HTTP cookie can store 4kb of data. A flash cookie can store 100kb of data.

Additionally, they are well concealed in your system, finding them is a bit more complicated than with a normal HTTP cookie.

http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/04/flash-cookies-explained/

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