Online talk about COOKIES

I don't know if you are familiar with Internet surfers. In fact, it has always been with our online life.
In the old saying, it is commonplace. Although surfing is tiring, there is no need to have some snacks, but there is no free feast in the world.
What is the role of this cookie? Will it be an online spy, take the good stuff on the hard disk of several brothers? Or
A pair of eyes outside the wall, monitoring the smashing movements on the other side of the net? I have seen the same set of Windows 95 software used by two people in the United States on the 瀛海威论坛, and were sneaked by online cookies. After the heated discussion that led to a fine of $10,000, I did not
banned interest in the small thing of cookies.

What is Cookie?
Cookies are the data that a group of network service providers store on your hard drive. It records information about your visit to a particular site,
and can only be read back by the site where the cookie was created. Generally speaking, cookies will make your online roaming easier and more
. But like many things, cookies are both convenient and annoying.

What is the use of cookies
More and more websites use cookies to adapt to the public's online roaming habits and adjust service functions to better serve you. For example, YAHOO uses cookies to record your preferences. If you choose sports, political dynamics in your own records,
YAHOO will record them in a cookie. The next time you visit here, the YAHOO server will read the cookies and press You
need to provide the corresponding service. This is like the waiter in the restaurant to write down your name and hobby dishes. Of course, the next visit will cost less
a little bit of leather. There are also some outlets that require you to create usernames and passwords, but it is cumbersome to remember and type them, and storing these contents in cookies is a convenient solution. When shopping online, Cookies can create a list of purchases so you can save a list of your purchases before making a payment. It doesn't matter if you leave midway, you can come last time in the next visit.

What's in the cookie?
Cookies are generally invisible to the reader. So what are the contents of cookies in the end, and where are they stored?
Cookies are stored in certain areas of your hard drive, depending on the browser you use. If you use Netscape
Navigator, all cookies are stored in a file called "cookies.txt". The directory is C:\\program files
\\Netscape\ avigator folder. Cookies in Microsoft's Internet Explorer are separate files,
stored in the C:\\Windows\\Cookies folder. Using word processing software such as WordPad, you can view those mysterious
cookies. There are some outlets in these cookies that you may not have visited at all. It is not surprising that there are some other companies' advertisements on many popular websites. For example, if you visit A ​​website, you may receive a company B cookie.

Each line of the cookie file contains the name, entry, time limit and some additional information about the website. If you
do not enter your name, e-mail address or phone number and other personal information on the website that sent you cookies, cookies will not contain
. Other information that can be stored in cookies includes your domain name, the time you visit this URL, the model of your computer, the operating system and browser type, and the history of the pages you visit at a particular site.

Below is a part of a cookie file:
#Netscape HTTP Cookie File
http://www.netscape.com/newsref/std/cookie_spec.html
#This is a generated File! Do ntl edit.
.abcnews.com TRUE/FALSE 1515954367
SWID 37634883-9133-11D1-834E-00A0C982
BF6

Can cookies cause harm?
From the above introduction, you may have realized that the cookie file does not store any big information, which can endanger the security of your computer. But it does reflect the websites and web pages you frequent, and it is this that makes many people feel uncomfortable.
Many companies have cookies on many websites, which means that they may sneak up on people's surfing habits. It is a hazard that these materials fall into the hands of bad people. In addition, this also leaks people's privacy from certain programs.

Imagine if you go to the AIDS patient information website to increase your health insurance rate, or send a visit to the bomb manufacturing website. Now that several FBIs are present at the door, will you be there? The troubles of the few small cookies on the computer are irritating? In any case,
Cookies make it possible to record your whereabouts on the Internet. With this alone, it is enough to accept this little thing!

Of course, compared to ISPs, such as the Telecommunications Bureau, Min Haiwei, the information provided by several cookies to the operators of various websites is not worth mentioning. ISPs have our name, address, phone number, email password, etc., etc. Since we are all
transparent on the Internet, in order to get some benefits, you may wish to accept some cookies.

Get Rid of Cookies
If you are sure that cookies are a great threat to your personal privacy and you prefer not to be convenient, you can use many methods to block, delete or simply not accept cookies.

Both Netscape and IE offer users the option to reject cookies. Select options
/networkpreferences/protocols in Netscape, and then select "Show an alert before accepting a cookie". . This way, when a website asks you to create a cookie, a menu will pop up, and you can choose whether or not to accept the cookie.
In IE you can select the "Warn before accepting cookies" column under "View/options/Advanced", which acts like < Navigator>. Another way is to make your cookies a read-only file. This will prevent any new cookies from being written to your
drive while it only works in this browser. This way you can still use online shopping, but in YAHOO, you will not enjoy the special service for regular customers - your waiter will not remember what you like.

After you close your browser, deleting your cookies will do the same. If this doesn't make you feel relieved (then you must be an online spy, or too serious about your privacy:-)), go to the following website.
http://www.anonymizer.com
It can teach you how to make your online visit anonymous and make the suppliers of cookies disappointing. You can also download a set of
columns to control cookies, such as: Cookie Monster, Cookie Cutter and Cookie Crusher. Technical details about Cookies

If you want to know more about the technical details of cookies, here are some URLs that are believed to be useful to you:
Netscape's Cookies Specs:
http://home.netscape. Com/newsref/std/cookie_ spec.html
Andy's HTTP Cookie Info:
http://www.illuminatus.com/cookie.fcgi
Cookie Central:
http://www.cookiecentral .com
Electronic Privacy Information Center:
http://www.epic.org
The Center for Democracy and Technology:
http://www.cdt.org
Speaking of this You may have a clearer understanding of cookies. When you receive cookies next time, don't accept them all. If you don't involve too much private information, it is convenient for people. It’s convenient for yourself!