Thanks Jonathan, now I am going through the neighborhood asking folks if they 
would like for me to delete all their cookies,….I get some strange looks.



> On Oct 19, 2016, at 1:29 PM, Jonathan Fletcher <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 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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