Privacy advocates have been especially concerned with Flash cookies since a UC Berkeley study came out in 2009 regarding little-known online tracking technologies. Adobe’s Flash software is embedded in 98 percent of computers, and is necessary to watch online video at sites like YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG). While a browser can remove “normal” HTTP cookies, the privacy controls in a web browser like Mozilla Firefox or Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Internet Explorer can’t remove Flash cookies, which can only be removed by using two separate services available on Adobe’s web site.

The conversations with Adobe may well be a result of Felten’s recent hiring. Felten was a board member of digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation, which praised the FTC’s choice. Felten has a long-standing concern with privacy and tracking issues such as those raised by Flash cookies.

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