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Are computer cookies needed

Updated: 11/11/2022
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Yes and no.

A cookie can be used for authenticating, session tracking or remembering specific information about you, such as site preferences or the contents of your electronic shopping carts for some commercial websites.

Being simple pieces of text, cookies are not executable. They are neither spywares nor viruses.

So, you can keep them or delete them.

It's your choice.

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