Removing LSO's? Topic is solved

[Kate C]

A new user of Pale Moon here!

OK I did a bit of browsing regarding add ons that remove LSO's. My conclusion was to go with the Better Privacy extension that used to use in Firefox. But I cant find it in the firefox list of extentions, proably because they've removed it.

So..... what do people recommend to remove LSO's then?

Thanks

[billmcct]

Here it is. Download the "d40f5e7b-d2cf-4856-b441-cc613eeffbe3.xpi" it is the same as I downloaded from AMO.

https://github.com/xtraeme-xt/BetterPrivacy/releases

Bill

[John connor]

Isn't Flash going into retirement soon?

[billmcct]

Isn't Flash going into retirement soon?

Not that soon.
https://www.infoworld.com/article/32107 ... -2020.html

Bill

[snertev]

Isn't Flash going into retirement soon?

It depends on what you define as "soon".

[Moonchild]

Even if Adobe stops updating it, there is literally a mountain of Flash content out there that people will continue to use -- many very creative projects were made in Flash that can't simply be converted and won't be discarded. So expect to see Flash to be in use way past "soon".

[Kate C]

Here it is. Download the "d40f5e7b-d2cf-4856-b441-cc613eeffbe3.xpi" it is the same as I downloaded from AMO.

https://github.com/xtraeme-xt/BetterPrivacy/releases

Bill

Thanks Bill.

A slight problem though. It downloads and then I get:

BetterPrivacy could not be installed because it is not compatible with Pale Moon 27.6.2

Also other options besides BetterPrivacy?

[billmcct]

Thanks Bill.

A slight problem though. It downloads and then I get:

BetterPrivacy could not be installed because it is not compatible with Pale Moon 27.6.2

Also other options besides BetterPrivacy?

Two options:
1- Unzip the xpi file and change the min version number in the "install.rdf" file to 27.0 from 49.0 and rezip the file changing the extension from zip to xpi..
2- Use Moon Tester tool to install.
https://addons.palemoon.org/addon/moon-tester-tool/

As far as I know BetterPrivacy is the easiest way to do this since it can be set to automatic not sure of any other options.
You can also chance the name of the xpi to BetterPrivacy-1.77.xpi

Bill

[Falna]

BetterPrivacy could not be installed because it is not compatible with Pale Moon 27.6.2

It installs OK if you turn off compatibility checking using the addon https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... atibility/
However note that that's not exactly encouraged - though I've never had a problem and Pale Moon will still flag incompatible SDK & WebExtensions extensions.

[Moonraker]

I would suggest the pale moon extension cookie exterminator which removes local storage objects.I also remove them manually if its in regard to flash.

[New Tobin Paradigm]

Can someone define LSO for those of us who are not sure what this uncommon acronym means?

[TwoTankAmin]

From our friends at wikipedia:

Local shared objects, commonly called Flash cookies, are pieces of data that websites which use Adobe Flash may store on a user's computer. Local shared objects have been used by all versions of Flash Player since version 6.

Obviously, LSO = Local Shared Objects

Here is Ghacks on this subject from 2007 https://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/04/flash-cookies-explained/

Better Privacy deals with Flash Cookies. I have used this extension ever since I first learned about Flash Cookies and the nasty things that they are.

[John connor]

Better Privacy deals with Flash Cookies. I have used this extension ever since I first learned about Flash Cookies and the nasty things that they are.

Same here, albeit it I haven't updated it since the epoch of ape man.

Then there's the HTLM5 storge and I use Sandboxie to handle that crap. I wrote a tut here on the forum about it. And it's filled under Software on my website.
https://techcomputerforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=512

[TwoTankAmin]

I have used SDC since before I found Pale Moon. I have ver. 1.68.1 signed. It shows up in my extensions with and orange dot. I hate Flash and by extension, Adobe. I usually have it set to always ask or never run. I am using the final ESR version 18.0.0.382. There are only two options for Flash as far as I am concerned. This ESR version or no Flash at all. The problem is there are still some sites on which I shop where some things will not work without Flash.

I cannot imagine using any software from Adobe. My pdf reader is from Tracker Software. I create any PDF files I might need in Word and then save them as a pdf or export them to a pdf (whichever one I need to do- i do it so rarely I forgot which way). I even have this extension set to kill the basic Flash cookie itself.