What is Evercookie
Evercookie accomplishes this by storing the cookie data in several types of storage mechanisms that are available on the local browser. Additionally, if evercookie has found that the user has removed any of the types of cookies in question, it recreates them using each mechanism available. Specifically, when creating a new cookie, it uses the following storage mechanisms when available:
Standard HTTP CookiesLocal Shared Objects (Flash Cookies)Silverlight Isolated StorageStoring cookies in RGB values of auto-generated, force-cached PNGs using HTML5 Canvas tag to read pixels (cookies) back outStoring cookies in Web HistoryStoring cookies in HTTP ETagsStoring cookies in Web cachewindow.name cachingInternet Explorer userData storageHTML5 Session StorageHTML5 Local StorageHTML5 Global StorageHTML5 Database Storage via SQLite
Remove or delete EverCookies
BleachBit is a cleaner which claims to deletes evercookies. It supports Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari and also works and Windows & Linux platforms.
Firefox users can also try Anonymizer Nevercookie, a free Firefox plugin that protects against the Evercookie API.
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