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'Cookies' track your every move online. Now there's a fight over what should replace them
cnn.com ^ | March 9, 2021 | Brian Fung

Posted on 03/09/2021 12:43:47 PM PST by ransomnote

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To: ransomnote

BROWNIES !


21 posted on 03/09/2021 1:12:58 PM PST by knarf (>)
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To: Red Badger

Scones?


22 posted on 03/09/2021 1:14:01 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (This space for rant.)
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To: Seruzawa

Or when I buy a starter motor for a 2007 Triumph Tiger on line and then I get ads for starter motors for 3 weeks.
= = =

Is it a Lucas?


23 posted on 03/09/2021 1:14:58 PM PST by Scrambler Bob (This is not /s. It is just as viable as any MSM 'information', maybe more so!)
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To: Scrambler Bob

No. Nippondenso.

The electrics are world’s better than the old Triumphs, but still could be better.

Do you know why the British drink warm beer? They have Lucas refrigerators.


24 posted on 03/09/2021 1:18:37 PM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL)
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To: ransomnote

For years there were also the little known “Flash cookies”, not stored with other cookies, that would restore certain cookies in your cookie directory if you deleted them. But now that Flash is going the way, they are probably right out as well.

My guess is that they will at first clog your registry with what amounts to be cookies. Eventually it will end up as virtual IDs/cookies that you cannot access and track to people, not websites. So as soon as they spot “you” by your online activity, even on a new computer, all your cookie information is restored.


25 posted on 03/09/2021 1:29:16 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("All men and women were created by the, you know, you know, the thing." -- Joe Biden 3/3/20)
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To: ransomnote
I have found Ghostery to be excellent at rejecting cookies and blocking trackers. Give it a try, it's free.

FR has zero trackers. But some websites have in excess of 30 trackers. All of which will be blocked by Ghostery.

26 posted on 03/09/2021 1:32:35 PM PST by upchuck (President Trump took down ISIS. *resident Biden took down Dr. Seuss and Mr. Potatohead ~ h/t pookie)
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To: ransomnote

I’m not sure why anyone fails to use VPN to begin with.


27 posted on 03/09/2021 1:34:52 PM PST by datura
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To: ransomnote

28 posted on 03/09/2021 2:04:38 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: PAR35; ransomnote

There are several add-ons for browswers you can use. I have one that blocks all sounds from playing on websites unless I enable them. Puts a tiny icon up in the URL bar to remind you if you want to enable sound on that site.


29 posted on 03/09/2021 2:06:12 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: ransomnote

Advertising never really worked on me. Only when I’ve been informed of an event or something I’ve actually been waiting for do I respond the way the product manufacturer, entertainment venue or service provider would want me to. I see how they assume now, that there are more suckers born every minute than there used to be, and that is not a good thing.


30 posted on 03/09/2021 2:10:23 PM PST by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: ransomnote

I expect them to use a database of IP addresses and activity.
China could likely provide it now.


31 posted on 03/09/2021 2:15:56 PM PST by mrsmith (US MEDIA: " Every 'White' cop is a criminal! And all the 'non-white' criminals saints!")
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To: Mr. K

Yeah.
Cookies provide state to the stateless web.
They keep me logged into FR.


32 posted on 03/09/2021 2:49:14 PM PST by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: ransomnote

The problem isn’t cookies, it’s that Google has figured out an alternative and doesn’t want to share.


33 posted on 03/09/2021 3:07:43 PM PST by Salman (It's not a "slippery slope" if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: lee martell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVsQLlk-T0s


34 posted on 03/09/2021 3:12:31 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: z3n

There are super cookies as well that are stored even when you delete regular cookies.

How to:
https://www.technadu.com/how-to-clear-cookies-and-supercookies/100145/

How to delete cookies:
https://us.norton.com/internetsecurity-privacy-how-to-clear-cookies.html

https://www.ccleaner.com/knowledge/how-to-clear-cookies-from-your-browser


35 posted on 03/09/2021 3:14:24 PM PST by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: Scrambler Bob

“Lucas, Prince of Darkness...”


36 posted on 03/09/2021 3:14:28 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: fruser1; Salman; mrsmith; ransomnote; Seruzawa

Google wants to replace cookies (that all kinds of people might use), to gain more monopolistic control over the valuable tracking info.

Everyone will then have to pay Google to use it commercially, and only one side will get the capability politically.

Knowledge is power - Information, the new coin of the realm.


37 posted on 03/09/2021 3:27:38 PM PST by BeauBo
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To: ransomnote

Watch me kids ! Freerepublic. Then. The patriots .win. Then the great awakening. Hopefully you LEARN SOMETHING with all yer SPYING


38 posted on 03/09/2021 8:57:35 PM PST by Truthoverpower (Fraud !!! Now we’re off the TRUMP TRAIN and on the Swamp express to communist hell !! TRUTH! )
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To: ransomnote

Candy Bars!   "Mirage" candy bars!   (They can't see you!)
     
39 posted on 03/09/2021 9:07:59 PM PST by Songcraft
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To: Red Badger
Muffins?........................

My vote goes to Margaritas...

40 posted on 03/09/2021 9:44:49 PM PST by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplophobe bigot!)
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