Save the Cookies!
With all the hype about spyware and Internet privacy, cookies have gotten a bad rep. In reality, cookies aren’t a bad thing. I mean, whenever you return to a site where your preferences are stored, that’s probably thanks to a cookie. In fact, cookies are what make your print basket function when shopping online and when you return to that site to reorder those products; cookies are what call up the details of your past orders.
Basically, a cookie is a text file that a web server can store on a user’s hard drive. The only purpose these files serve is to track and record your activity on a website. For instance, how many times you have returned, whether you have a made a purchase and of what, which pages you have viewed on that website, etc.
Cookies cannot be considered spyware because they cannot give your computer a set of instructions to carry. Spyware programs are software that, when placed on a hard drive, tell the computer what to do, such as to pull up and copy personal information. This is the difference between spyware and cookies.
In actuality, cookies provide a more pleasant web surfing experience for users. Without them the Internet simply wouldn’t be the convenience people use it for.
To learn more, please visit How Stuff Works.
Basically, a cookie is a text file that a web server can store on a user’s hard drive. The only purpose these files serve is to track and record your activity on a website. For instance, how many times you have returned, whether you have a made a purchase and of what, which pages you have viewed on that website, etc.
Cookies cannot be considered spyware because they cannot give your computer a set of instructions to carry. Spyware programs are software that, when placed on a hard drive, tell the computer what to do, such as to pull up and copy personal information. This is the difference between spyware and cookies.
In actuality, cookies provide a more pleasant web surfing experience for users. Without them the Internet simply wouldn’t be the convenience people use it for.
To learn more, please visit How Stuff Works.
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