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From: Matthew Grove
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+ Cookies are not, unfortunately, the treats made of dough. They are, in fact, small text files, stored in binary, usually one-line long, which store relevant + information about websites visited by a computer. This might include a selected language, or ad preferences. Some websites even use + cookies to store passwords that are set to ‘remember’. Thus, cookies need strong security and the ID of each one must be unfathomably + difficult to find without permission, to reduce the risk of hacking. Cookies are stored on the computer, as opposed to the website. + Because both HTTP and HTTPS don't transmit user data, none of the websites you visit know who you are. Therefore, whenever you + visit a webpage, it reads the cookies it stored on your computer last time you visited it, in order to find out information like your email address. + Many people are against cookies, due to privacy concerns; under new GDPR regulations, all end users in Europe must now be notified of + cookie use on each website they visit (if the website uses cookies). Many sites also give an option to refuse cookies. +
+diff --git a/computer-science-blog/pages/cookies.html b/computer-science-blog/pages/cookies.html index e8e858b..1fb3fe6 100644 --- a/computer-science-blog/pages/cookies.html +++ b/computer-science-blog/pages/cookies.html @@ -1,12 +1,32 @@ -
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- Cookies are not, unfortunately, the treats made of dough. They are, in fact, small text files, stored in binary, usually one-line long, which store relevant - information about websites visited by a computer. This might include a selected language, or ad preferences. Some websites even use - cookies to store passwords that are set to ‘remember’. Thus, cookies need strong security and the ID of each one must be unfathomably - difficult to find without permission, to reduce the risk of hacking. Cookies are stored on the computer, as opposed to the website. - Because both HTTP and HTTPS don't transmit user data, none of the websites you visit know who you are. Therefore, whenever you - visit a webpage, it reads the cookies it stored on your computer last time you visited it, in order to find out information like your email address. - Many people are against cookies, due to privacy concerns; under new GDPR regulations, all end users in Europe must now be notified of - cookie use on each website they visit (if the website uses cookies). Many sites also give an option to refuse cookies. -
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