Geek Speak: CookiesBy 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
The man behind the cookie
Lou Montulli
Developer for Netscape Communications
Wrote the initial Netscape cookie in 1994
What are the pros?
Cookies help personalize web browsing
Saves the user time
Provide customer feedback to businesses
What are the cons?
No explicit warning to users that their activity is being monitored
Privacy concerns
…So are cookies good or bad?
Cookies are mostly good
Certain types and uses of cookies are considered bad
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