Author: Chessfun
Date: 08:16:09 03/27/00
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On March 27, 2000 at 11:11:30, Shep wrote: >On March 24, 2000 at 19:53:59, Tina Long wrote: > > >>Woof Woof (the guard-dog beeper) "TeenXXX.com is trying to place a Cookie on >>your computer. You have never visited this site." >> >>upset & scared me, especially after several of them barked at me. >> >>If CCC or GambitSoft etc have cookies that tell them I'm a customer etc, that's >>fine by me. It's anonymous stuff I fear, if they can plant cookies just because >>I'm attached to the internet, then what else can they plant? > >Nothing. When you're visiting a site, that site can order your browser to set a >cookie. That's all. There are security measures taken by the browser that >nothing else than a simple value can be stored. It's like storing a variable to >a text file. >If you get a cookie from a site you're sure you've never been to, it's typically >because you had an ad on a page which came from that site. >E.g. if you go to foo.com which has an ad on its page which comes from bar.com >(like IMG SRC="http://bar.com/ad_93.gif"), then bar.com can set a cookie as >well. > >Note that you can configure both Netscape and Explorer to warn you when a site >tries to set a cookie and prompt you if you want the cookie set or not. >Alternatively, you can disable cookies completely. > >Netscape: Go to Edit/Preferences/Advanced, check "Warn me before accepting a >cookie" and/or "Disable cookies". >Explorer: Go to Extras/Internet options/Security/Customize/Cookies (I hope the >path is correct, I only have the German Explorer here) > >--- >Shep This program may also help with this: http://www.idcide.com/ Thanks.
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