On Oct 19, 2016, at 12:00 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:

> WOW, I had been removing many at a time waiting for an answer, after Lee’s 
> reply I hit remove all…..1,020 came up and I was ask if I wanted to remove 
> them all….I had most likely already removed at least a hundred….can you 
> believe this, geez.

COOOO-KEEES!

You’re such a cookie monster, John!

Yes. Almost EVERY site uses cookies these days. Mostly for good reasons, 
though. Many times just to make your life easier when you go back, but also 
many times just so they can track various metrics. Those metrics include (but 
are not limited to): subject matter preferences, usability statistics, shopping 
cart maintenance, location (through your public IP) data. There are good 
arguments for most uses of cookies, but throwing them away is not a big deal. 
They will just get replaced the next time you are there. 

If you REALLY want to toss a sabot into their machinerie you can tell your 
browser to block all cookies. 

I think that’s more of a paranoid response, though.

j.


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Jonathan Fletcher
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Kentuckiana FileMaker Developers Group
Next Meeting: 10/25/16


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