wired as out of the loop as cnet now?

wired to the past: flash cookies yes do not forget DOM storage privacy violations

http://wired.com/epicenter/2009/08/you-deleted-your-cookies-think-again/

little known capability of Adobe’s Flash plug-in to track users and
store information about them, but only four of them mention the
so-called Flash Cookies in their privacy policies, UC Berkeley
researchers reported Monday.

> little known?

hardly

> UC Berkeley
researchers reported Monday

Sure, we knew the bastion of liberalism is out of touch with reality, but wired this far behind the curve?

Should it them be surprising that neither these “researchers” nor wired made mention of DOM storage?   It’s the second sneaky ’super’ browser cookie.

http://bing.com/search?q=dom+storage