Geek Speak: Cookies
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Geek Speak: Cookies By Josefina Hellensberg
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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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Geek Speak: CookiesBy Josefina Hellensberg
What is a cookie?Unlike delicious oatmeal/raisin cookies, computer cookies are small text based files
The cookie variantsSession cookiePersistent cookieSecure cookieHttpOnly cookieThird-party cookieSuper cookieZombie cookie
The man behind the cookie
Lou MontulliDeveloper for Netscape CommunicationsWrote the initial Netscape cookie in 1994
What are the pros?Cookies help personalize web browsingSaves the user timeProvide customer feedback to businesses
What are the cons?No explicit warning to users that their activity is being monitoredPrivacy concerns
…So are cookies good or bad?
Cookies are mostly goodCertain types and uses of cookies are considered bad
Referenceshttp://www.whatarecookies.com/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDMqw26PHYU&feature=relmfuhttp://www.877geeksonsite.com/computer-repair-blog/spyware-removal/cookies-the-pros-and-cons/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookiehttp://ezinearticles.com/?Computer-Cookies:-Are-They-Good-or-Bad?&id=82854
