On 3/6/2021 3:44 PM, Alfred Molon wrote:
> In article <
iah9nq...@mid.individual.net>, Paul Carmichael
> says...
>> It didn't ask you to agree to cookies from all its associates?
>
> Hmmm... thinking again about it, I installed some time ago the
> "I don't care about cookies" plugin for Firefox. Perhaps that
> took care of the cookies request. In any case, I didn't see it.
>
> Cookies are not an issue, because I've also installed a "Cookie
> AutoDelete" plugin, which deletes all cookies when I close the
> tabs of a website. Even if a website installs 10000 cookies, all
> are deleted when I leave that website.
>
"Cookies" aren't what they used to be, e.g. information uniquely
relevant to the site you're visiting. Some browsers allow you to block
all cookies and therefore none will be saved to your computer anyway.
Today's "cookies" contain your machine info in standard formats that are
sold to services that can compare it with other activities associated
with your computer. So, "accept cookies" with miscellaneous options meet
legal requirements to notify you that you're being tracked. Even if you
are blocking all cookies, what you click on doesn't matter, you will be
tracked. That's one reason that you can continue to use a site with its
"cookies" being blocked.
Ways to disguise your machine information are sometimes available within
the browsers' privacy settings and/or with add-ons.
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best regards,
Neil