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. > > > -- > Jonathan Fletcher > [email protected] > > Kentuckiana FileMaker Developers Group > Next Meeting: 10/25/16 > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
