Damon85
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join:2004-12-25
Louisville, KY
1 edit | Actually...
This is sort of okay, it's just bad people doing it for bad reasons. Being in web development on a big site, we get lots of complaints from people who can't get session-specific features of our site to work because they constantly delete our cookies because spyware scanners paint them as filthy little things that are chewing away at their computer.
Users have been just as misinformed that cookies are viral programs waiting in the dark to chew their computer apart, and that's not true either.
If it takes marketing to give cookies a bit less of a nasty image, then so be it. I doubt it'll work considering where the push is coming from, but I'm sure we will continue to take the blame for broken features when people do things they don't quite understand (as usual and always, of course). |
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rideboarder
welcome to the social
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join:2003-07-28
Snohomish, WA
clubs:
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mmm cookies |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA | I nuked mine recently, I only have 413 right now.  |
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quetwo
That VoIP Guy
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join:2004-09-04
East Lansing, MI
| reply to Damon85
Thank you.
Cookies are a double edged sword. Yes, they allow marketers to track you, but they also allow web developers to make stateful websites... e.g. so you can login and not have to login after every page visit.
The marketers don't need cookies to track you -- they have other things up their sleeves. Trust me, all you are doing by deleting cookies after every session is making your own life harder. |
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rideboarder
welcome to the social
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join:2003-07-28
Snohomish, WA
clubs: | you're right, and that's why i don't even bother deleting them.... |
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radarman
join:2005-06-01
Odenton, MD
| reply to quetwo
That's why FireFox allows you to specify "session-only" cookies. You get your stateful website - and when you leave, a clean cookie jar.
Right now, I have about 100 "permanent" cookies (for websites that store passwords, etc). The rest are either flat out denied, or if they are required for stateful operation, session cookies. |
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