Tracking Cookies

Hi,

On a computer scan AVG found no infections but MANY "Tracking cookies".

1) Can I delete these without bad consequences ?

2) What is the advantage of keeping them ?

Thanks,

Peter

Peter Buttuls wrote:
Hi,

On a computer scan AVG found no infections but MANY "Tracking cookies".

1) Can I delete these without bad consequences ?


Yes.


2) What is the advantage of keeping them ?



There's no advantage to you. Their sole purpose is to more easily
enable outside entities/agencies to track your web browsing habits.


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Bruce Chambers

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killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

Peter Buttuls wrote:
Hi,

On a computer scan AVG found no infections but MANY "Tracking cookies".

1) Can I delete these without bad consequences ?


Yes.


2) What is the advantage of keeping them ?



There's no advantage to you. Their sole purpose is to more easily
enable outside entities/agencies to track your web browsing habits.


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

Peter Buttuls wrote:
Hi,

On a computer scan AVG found no infections but MANY "Tracking
cookies".
1) Can I delete these without bad consequences ?

2) What is the advantage of keeping them ?

Thanks,

Peter

Contrary to the closed minded Bruce, cookies can and do have some useful
purposes. This will explain some of it, including tracking cookies,
which the link explains:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie

I keep some, delete all others. There are many cookie handlers out
there that are useful and also a lot of BS ones so be careful if you go
that route. Personally I use WinPatrol for that purpose. If you want to
keep a cookie, say one that automatically signs you in somewhere, you
mark it. Else it'll get deleted. It's only one small feature of
winpatrol, but quite useful. Even tracking cookies, on some few sites,
are handy. What you especially don't want are third party cookies. I
only allow first-party and only on a per session basis, so I don't have
a lot to keep track of. You can, too. Tracking cookies are mostly
marketing devices; they do in fact monitor where y ou've been and what
pages you've used and what page you left a site from, things like that.
Check the link above for details.

Cheers,

Bro`

Peter Buttuls wrote:
Hi,

On a computer scan AVG found no infections but MANY "Tracking
cookies".
1) Can I delete these without bad consequences ?

2) What is the advantage of keeping them ?

Thanks,

Peter

Contrary to the closed minded Bruce, cookies can and do have some useful
purposes. This will explain some of it, including tracking cookies,
which the link explains:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie

I keep some, delete all others. There are many cookie handlers out
there that are useful and also a lot of BS ones so be careful if you go
that route. Personally I use WinPatrol for that purpose. If you want to
keep a cookie, say one that automatically signs you in somewhere, you
mark it. Else it'll get deleted. It's only one small feature of
winpatrol, but quite useful. Even tracking cookies, on some few sites,
are handy. What you especially don't want are third party cookies. I
only allow first-party and only on a per session basis, so I don't have
a lot to keep track of. You can, too. Tracking cookies are mostly
marketing devices; they do in fact monitor where y ou've been and what
pages you've used and what page you left a site from, things like that.
Check the link above for details.

Cheers,

Bro`

Peter

What anti-spyware software are you running?

You do not want to keep "tracking cookies"!


--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Peter Buttuls wrote:
Hi,

On a computer scan AVG found no infections but MANY "Tracking
cookies".

1) Can I delete these without bad consequences ?

2) What is the advantage of keeping them ?

Thanks,

Peter

Peter

What anti-spyware software are you running?

You do not want to keep "tracking cookies"!


--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Peter Buttuls wrote:
Hi,

On a computer scan AVG found no infections but MANY "Tracking
cookies".

1) Can I delete these without bad consequences ?

2) What is the advantage of keeping them ?

Thanks,

Peter

THANKS for all your replies.
Peter

THANKS for all your replies.
Peter