Directory of Cookies Resources

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Cookies are data files that are sometimes sent by web sites/servers to a visitor's web browser. Cookies can contain any kind of information, even personal or sensitive data, which is why privacy groups are up-in-arms over them.

Resources in This Category

• Browser Cookie Assistance

  http://www.chami.com/tips/internet/042499I.html
  Learn how to enable and disable browser cookies in Internet Explorer and Netscape.

• Cookies--No Fuss, No Muss

  http://fixmypages.com/fix/cookies.php
  Many of the dangers of cookies can be avoided by making cookies files read-only. Here's how.

• EPIC Cookies Page

  http://www.epic.org/privacy/internet/cookies/
  A collection of cookies related standards, news, and resources, from a privacy perspective. By Electronic Privacy Information Center.

• How Stuff Works: Internet Cookies

  http://www.howstuffworks.com/cookie.htm
  Learn exactly how Internet cookies work, see an example, and understand what all the media uproar is about.

• Internet Explorer Cookies are World-Readable

  http://www.peacefire.org/security/iecookies/
  Article about a security hole in Microsoft IE which lets anyone see your cookies.

• Wired - You Deleted Your Cookies? Think Again

  http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/08/you-deleted-your-cookies-think-again/
  More than half of the internet's top websites use a little known capability of Adobe's Flash plug-in to track users and store information about them. Super Cookies.

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