hackers and cookies

[TopDog]

If hackers ever got access to your computer's cookies, would there be a way to tell that? And what's the most effective way of permanently deleting your cookies?

[suwunk]

A server cannot set a cookie for a domain that it is not a member of. In spite of this, users quite often find in their computer files cookies from web sites that they have never visited. These cookies are usually set by companies that sell internet advertising on behalf of other web sites. Therefore it may be possible that users' information is passed to third party web sites without the users' knowledge or consent, such as information on surfing habits. This is the most common reason for people rejecting or fearing cookies.

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