Jan
the most precise answer will get 10 pts
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HTTP cookies, sometimes known as web cookies or just cookies, are parcels of text sent by a server to a web browser and then sent back unchanged by the browser each time it accesses that server. HTTP cookies are used for authenticating, tracking, and maintaining specific information about users, such as site preferences or the contents of their electronic shopping carts. The term "cookie" is derived from "magic cookie," a well-known concept in UNIX computing which inspired both the idea and the name of HTTP cookies.
Cookies have been of concern for Internet privacy, since they can be used for tracking browsing behavior. As a result, they have been subject to legislation in various countries such as the United States and in the European Union. Cookies have also been criticized because the identification of users they provide is not always accurate and because they could potentially be a target of network attackers. Some alternatives to cookies exist, but each has its own uses, advantages and drawbacks.
Cookies are also subject to a number of misconceptions, mostly based on the erroneous notion that they are computer programs. In fact, cookies are simple pieces of data unable to perform any operation by themselves. In particular, they are neither spyware nor viruses, despite the detection of cookies from certain sites by many anti-spyware products.
Most modern browsers allow users to decide whether to accept cookies, but rejection makes some websites unusable. For example, shopping baskets implemented using cookies do not work if cookies are rejected.
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with ease
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when you click on the site.
Cookies, in case you've been wondering, are little text files, measuring no more than a kilobyte or so each, that Web sites put on your computer as a scratchpad to store data. For example, many Web-based e-mail sites use cookies to store your user name, so you have to type in your password only when you log in.
Tracking or third-party cookies come from outside the site you're visiting — usually, from advertising agencies that place ads at many sites. These companies can combine data gathered by their cookies to see what you read at different sites, but they can learn your identity only if you (or the sites that buy their services) provide that to them.
There are far bigger privacy risks to worry about, online and off, than tracking cookies. But just in case, I've had my browsers set to block third-party cookies for the past few years. I haven't met the slightest inconvenience as a result.
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You visit a website that they have webtrends tracking on….duh
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Webtrends is one of the more pervasive ones. Could be coming in off of almost any site.
You could set your browser to prompt you for all cookies but it would be a real pain in the butt.
Might be able to screen with some of the anti-adware software but I'm not 100% sure.
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