Hazardous Cookies When you go on to a site did you ever wonder if you were being watched. Even on your own personal device. Well with cookies you are. These cookies aren't the ones you eat they are “used to track users internet surfing, record their online purchases, and greet them by name when they visit a Website” says Patrick Cunningham the author of the article “Are Cookies Hazardous to Your Privacy?” He also tells us that “a cookie is a piece of information passed between an internet server and a user’s web browser.” In the magazine article “How Private is Your Private Life” the author Andrea Rock says “a web site may share its data with an ad network”(Line 102-103). Cookies can and will track what you do on your computer or personal device there are ways to prevent/avoid cookies. Cookies can be hazardous but not at the same time. When you go on a website cookies will track it and send it to ad companies so they can send you ads about maybe what you search or browse on a store website. They will send you things that they think will be of interest to you. When they do this they can obtain information about the user and his or her computer (Cunningham).
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If you turn them off you might not be able to access the web site or the things that you can do on that website. To turn them off the user should “ go to “preferences”, then open the “advanced” settings. In the “advanced” window, the user has a number of choices. The user can elect to “accept all cookies, accept all cookies that get sent back to originating server”, completely disable cookies or “warn me before accepting a cookie”. In the last case, the user will get a message asking if hr or she wants to accept a cookie whenever encountered.” (Cunningham). “But there are a variety of software packages available that can assist in preventing and purging unwanted cookies”
If you turn them off you might not be able to access the web site or the things that you can do on that website. To turn them off the user should “ go to “preferences”, then open the “advanced” settings. In the “advanced” window, the user has a number of choices. The user can elect to “accept all cookies, accept all cookies that get sent back to originating server”, completely disable cookies or “warn me before accepting a cookie”. In the last case, the user will get a message asking if hr or she wants to accept a cookie whenever encountered.” (Cunningham). “But there are a variety of software packages available that can assist in preventing and purging unwanted cookies”