Did You Know These Five Facts About Computer Cookies?
Cookies—not the ones we eat—can be considered as mini memory assistants that hold bits of information about your visit to a web server, ensuring a more fluid and comfortable user experience. Here are a few facts about them:
• Cookies remember things like shopping cart contents and site preferences for user convenience.
• Websites use cookies to personalize your experience by suggesting the contents you might be interested in.
• Some websites won’t perform well without cookies.
• Malware can’t use ordinary cookies to access your personal information, but they can disguise themselves as “Zombie cookies” that allow them burrow into your device.
• Your browsing history can be tracked using cookies, posing some privacy concerns.
