On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 20:10:43 +0800 "Frankie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
Disabling cookies outright is generally a bad idea.. I prefer to block any cookies with expiry dates that are over a week in the future. Also, I block any cookies coming from domains different from the page you are on.
If you disable all cookies, many interactive pages will not work properly if at all, like shopping carts, and many other similiar scripts.
I also set any cookies from doubleclick and the other spam/add
organisations to blocked.
Actually, that's something I've never really thought about. What are the potential dangers with cookies, besides someone knowing what sites I visit. I don't visit any porn sites, so no chance of embarassment, not that I'd give a rat's ass anyway, but what other threats are there?
Isn't it a way in for virus writers to get inside your protection systems ? How safe is a cookie directory ?
And in anycase why do we want to let other folk plant things on our hard drive.
Sure some email stores insist on having cookies enabled ,else they will not let you shop. Hard luck for them, go some place else, that do let you sho without enabling cookies.
John
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