Comments on: Question of the Week: What are cookies and why am I being asked about them? http://blog.superuser.com/2012/08/06/question-of-the-week-what-are-cookies-and-why-am-i-being-asked-about-them/ The Super User Community Blog Mon, 05 Dec 2016 07:34:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.6 By: Lisa http://blog.superuser.com/2012/08/06/question-of-the-week-what-are-cookies-and-why-am-i-being-asked-about-them/#comment-33248 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 01:51:16 +0000 http://blog.superuser.com/?p=5079#comment-33248 If you want to clear those ads–(if your using firefox) -Try clicking tools, options and -privacy, then remove individual cookies. And also clear web cache by clicking tools, options and – advance, then ‘ clear now’. It works for me—google got my weakness, shoes… shoes ads, it’s distracting.

]]> By: Josh http://blog.superuser.com/2012/08/06/question-of-the-week-what-are-cookies-and-why-am-i-being-asked-about-them/#comment-28679 Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:00:57 +0000 http://blog.superuser.com/?p=5079#comment-28679 Hey kronos, there’s some corrections to this entry…

Netflix: Isn’t is awesome how it remember where you last left off? This is done through cookies

Should be “how it remembers where”

Amazon (and other shopping sites): They remember what was in your basket last time you visited.

It’s way more than this. For most sites, the cookies are used to track your session, which is how the site knows what was in your basket/cart as you navigate from page to page!

That is to say, many shopping sites will be nonfunctional without cookies, not just less convenient!

]]> By: Muntoo http://blog.superuser.com/2012/08/06/question-of-the-week-what-are-cookies-and-why-am-i-being-asked-about-them/#comment-28413 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:16:02 +0000 http://blog.superuser.com/?p=5079#comment-28413 This should be something solved in-client (browser) than by some potentially untrustworthy source (server).

On a side note, I really don’t need more add-ons/extensions than NoScript/ScriptNo, Adblock Plus, and WOT.

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