Meaning of supercookie | Babel Free

Definitions

A data store on a user's computer that can be accessed by websites and used as a more persistent form of cookie.

informal

Examples

“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.”

“While doing an online security scan, I was told I can ^([sic]) a vulnerability because of the presence of a supercookie.”

“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?”

CEFR level