what are software cookies?

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what are software cookies?

i would like to know what are software cookie and what danger do they enpose on the network?

2006-09-17 03:18:41 · 2 answers · asked by kaspaulie 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking

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It's a short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web site.

No danger, they show where you've been. And websites should be charged a fee to place them on computers, imo.

2006-09-17 03:20:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋

to add to what Mel said, there's 2 sorts - direct and indirect. Direct comes from the website you visit, whereas (AFAIK) indirect comes from a third party site. I generally allow direct & block indirect.

2006-09-17 10:29:35 · answer #2 · answered by dryheatdave 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋