On Fri, 15 Jun 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have no problem with sites that use cookies to discover my habits.
> I love that Amazon always knows who I am and features listings on my home
> page that are targeted to me.
> I wish every site did that.
>
> As long as cookies cant trawl my hard drive to see who I am and what my
> credit card number is, I am fine with it.
A cookie is just a small text file so it can't do anything of the sort.
However, all it takes is a small browser bug, buffer overflow, etc to
allow an unscrupulous site to scavenge all of your cookies and track your
browsing habits in excruciating detail. Look through your cookies some
time and you'll be surprised what you find - sites you've never even heard
of that drop tracking cookies for others to load. Browsers other than IE
tend to be better there but there's really no harm in deleting cookies
periodically if you don't mind having to tell sites who you are again.
-Jason, who also knows far too much about how cookies can be (ab)used.
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