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Website vs Supercookie - What's the difference?

website | supercookie |

As nouns the difference between website and supercookie

is that website is while supercookie is (computing|informal) a data store on a user's computer that can be accessed by websites and used as a more persistent form of cookie.

website

English

(wikipedia website)

Noun

(en noun)
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    supercookie

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing, informal) A data store on a user's computer that can be accessed by websites and used as a more persistent form of cookie.
  • * 2005 , Brian Lesser, Giacomo Guilizzoni, Robert Reinhardt, Programming Flash Communication Server
    • 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 , "Boojum", Supercookie'' (on Internet newsgroup ''microsoft.public.security )
    • While doing an online security scan, I was told I can (SIC) a vulnerability because of the presence of a supercookie .
  • * 2009 , "Billy", Adobe's Flash Player sets "supercookies"'' (on Internet newsgroup ''alt.comp.freeware )
    • 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 ?