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Geek Speak: Cookies

Geek Speak: Cookies. By Josefina Hellensberg. What is a cookie?. Unlike delicious oatmeal/raisin cookies, computer cookies are small text based files. The cookie variants. Session cookie Persistent cookie Secure cookie HttpOnly cookie Third-party cookie Super cookie Zombie cookie.

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Geek Speak: Cookies

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  1. Geek Speak: Cookies By Josefina Hellensberg

  2. What is a cookie? • Unlike deliciousoatmeal/raisincookies, computer cookies are small text based files

  3. The cookie variants • Session cookie • Persistent cookie • Secure cookie • HttpOnly cookie • Third-party cookie • Super cookie • Zombie cookie

  4. The man behind the cookie • Lou Montulli • Developer for Netscape Communications • Wrote the initial Netscape cookie in 1994

  5. What are the pros? • Cookies help personalize web browsing • Saves the user time • Provide customer feedback to businesses

  6. What are the cons? • No explicit warning to users that their activity is being monitored • Privacy concerns

  7. …So are cookies good or bad? • Cookies are mostly good • Certain types and uses of cookies are considered bad

  8. References • http://www.whatarecookies.com/ • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDMqw26PHYU&feature=relmfu • http://www.877geeksonsite.com/computer-repair-blog/spyware-removal/cookies-the-pros-and-cons/ • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie • http://ezinearticles.com/?Computer-Cookies:-Are-They-Good-or-Bad?&id=82854

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