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Small files sent by sites, used by web browsers, to keep your session or preferences for next time.

HTTP Cookies are small pieces of information in name-value pairs, used for persisting session data on a local computer. Examples include saving a login state, shopping cart contents or location preferences.

If your question is about HTML5 Local Storage, look at or use the tag instead.

For Local shared objects, otherwise known as flash cookies, include when pairing with

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What do browsers do with expired cookies?

What do browsers do with expired cookies? I know that the app won't read them in, and I'm assuming the browser wouldn't send them, but are they purged from the file system with any regularity?
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What is the origin of the word 'cookie'?

I was wondering, how did pieces of information saved by websites and stored in a web browser come to be known as cookies? Who came up with the name, and when? What is the logic behind the choice of that particular name? Does it have anything to do…
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Does disabling third-party cookies really do anything helpful?

I've been reading a lot about the "evils" of third-party cookies a lot recently. I disabled them and haven't noticed many changes. I have an adblocker, and google is told to not use my information in ads (so when I am logged into my google account,…
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Cookies Transfer From Google Chrome To Firefox

I want to transfer few cookies from google chrome to Firefox. Could you please help me, how can I do this process?
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Why should you block cookies?

I was just wondering, what do you lose by having cookies on? I used to think there was a chance of getting viruses, but that is apparently not the case as you would have to execute the cookie yourself and it would have to be a very small script. So…
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Browser cookies inspector

In developer tools in FF under Storage, and in Chrome under Application->storage, I can see eg. cookies that is saved on a particular domain. But I must visit the domain to see all the data the cookies have stored. I'd like to select which cookie to…
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RFC6265, cookie can track the user between two sites, HOW is it possible?

In RFC 6265 Section 7.1, it says: Particularly worrisome are so-called "third-party" cookies. In rendering an HTML document, a user agent often requests resources from other servers (such as advertising networks). These third-party servers…
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Will cookies change if user agent changes

i m using php simple html dom to fetch some data from some sites. on my code, i use random different user agent when making a connection. Does the cookies get changed every time when my bot change the user agent?
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Can I use cookies or can't I use cookies?

I need to use cookies for user site usage information, not so much credentials. It's mostly a backup for a JavaScript object storage mechanism for what the user does on the site. Nothing to do with logins or authentication (no login feature). Is…
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Can cookies collect my entire browsing history?

Can any cookies collect my entire browsing history when they're dropped? I use CCleaner to remove all cookies after I close browser, exceptions are the sites I have accounts.
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How does weather.com remember my location if I delete cookies when closing my browser?

I have Waterfox configured to delete cookies every time the browser is closed. I find it unsettling that Weather.com seems to know my location even after their cookies have been deleted. What up with that?!
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