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		tome on Nov 6, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook detects if you are logged in Gmail I have a dedicated Firefox profile for Facebook. This keeps all cookies separate. I haven't done a deep check as to whether this avoids all the Facebook problems, but it's a start.

arantius on Nov 7, 2011 [–]

> This keeps all cookies separate

Not flash "cookies". You only have one flash plugin that runs in every browser, and has one "cookie" store.

(Not that I know if/whether FB abuses this, I don't even have an FB account. Just sayin'.)

tome on Nov 13, 2011 | [–]

Thanks that's useful to know.

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