Most blackhatters are marketing guys, people looking to make money online and not security gurus.
Here I cover a "newer" part of internet security that is used by many big companies to track your identity.
The best proxy will not help to hide your identity if you lack knowledge about modern tracking techniques.
I am sure most people here already know what a cookie is and how to remove a cookie, I'll not get deeper into that.
But I'm sure a lot of users have no clue that there is another more sneaky way to place files on your computer that can NOT be removed by using browser features.
These objects (LSO) are also called Flash cookies.
"Flash cookies" because they are stored by an addon found in almost all browsers, the Adobe Macromedia Flash player. Frequently used to create animations or play movies on your browser.
The Flash player has a privacy ignorant function, it allows to store up to 100kb per website in a local file. This file is OUTSIDE of your normal browser folders and your browser does not even know about it.
A normal cookie is limited to a few kb and can easily be removed, flash cookies are evil and hide on your computer.
I've prepared two plugins here: http://www.cloakfish.com/?tab=howto#howto_remove-flash-cookies
On the left side you see all your flash cookies, the right side offers you a checkbox to stop your flash player from storing cookies.
If you never heard about flash cookies before, or did not know details about them you might be shocked about the hundreds or thousands of files that are stored on your computer without your knowledge.
Wearing the black hat means you are one step ahead, I hope this information helps you to keep distance
Thanks Justone, I never even knew these things exsisited let alone why! the more I learn about SEO, Blackhat etc the more I realise I know nothing, yet!
