On 15 Aug 99 21:11:16 +0000, before the followup to [netconnect] Re: Cookies., Paul
Cundle reckoned :-
> On Sun Aug 15, Ian Greenway was heard muttering:
>
> > Hi everyone.
>
> Howdy,
>
> > Can somebody tell me please, about cookies?
>
> When a site sets a cookie, it stores some info on your
> harddisk in a file which tells it info about your visit. When you go
> back, it automatically looks up what it last stored so it can have
> some 'intelligence' about what to show you. Try turning them to 'ask
> always' in Voyager and have a look when one pops up. I don't think
> they can determine information you don't tell them - like email
> address - but if one site stores a cookie, sometimes others can read
> it. Nothing to worry about really unless you spend your time visiting
> dodgy sites. And anyway, you can always delete the file when you
> finish 'surfing' (uuurggh). Think of them as like a store card in
> Safeway - they know your shopping habits because it's all on your
> card. And as with cookies, most can only be read by the same site,
> just like WHSmith can't read your Safeway ABC card.
>
> > A growing number of sites keep saying they offer more advanced features if you
>enable them, and
> > several (eg the AFB ML site) wont even work if you don't have them
> > enabled.
<snip>
Alt.,
a cookie is a variable which is stored on your computer.
it can have an expiry date which means the "variable" is active until that date.
the cookie has a name which is known to site creating it & thus can be queried
if you have been there before.
It CANNOT obtain info about your machine, only what info your browser gives away
- e.g e-mail addr. if set up, browser type, etc.
--
Regards, Phil.
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