Cookies are small text files stored locally (on your computer). They are meant to be harmless and only store data intended for use by the website that "gave them to you". For instance if you visited a website and were filling in a form, the "cookie" would hold that data incase you clicked away and then came back. That way you wouldn't have to re-fill in all that you had done previously. Cookies are supposed to expire after a time and should not be accessible to any other website or someone over the net. In theory cookies are viewable to you and the originating web site only. In practice however, depending on the web browser you use, there are exploits that can be used by various sites to get cookies from other sites as well. Also, some sites share such cookies between themselves.
Essentially and in practice, you have little control on who views your cookies, and that's why they are considered a security and privacy risk. Browsing with cookies disabled can be hard or impossible however, so it's a good policy to set up your browser to accept them but delete them when you close it.
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∙ 2008-07-31 11:26:10not really, although he kept his private life extremely private, he never came out publicly.
Google Chrome's cookies are kept the same place as the cache and history. It is stored in the program Data in the disk.
they can be kept in anything, but only until they go stale.
forever
This information is kept private.
This information is kept private.
Yes there was that's what kept him alive
It is the files and cookies kept in temporary folders in the computer when you surf the Internet
i think a private should be kept private without giving access to it to anyone....
Cookie jars are cute but cookies stay fresher in resealable packages or wrapped in foil or plastic wrap.
In Vista its C:\System Volume Information which is not accessible to the user.
temporary internet files, cache, and cookies.