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The good and the bad of browser cookies

Cookies and Troubleshooting you can refer to them as browser cookies, web cookies, computer cookies, The cookie is a message that the web server pass to your web browser when you visit the internet sites, Your browser stores the message in a small file When you request another page from the server, your browser sends the cookie back to the server. A computer cookie, commonly known as a web cookie, is a small text file that stores small pieces of information. Theyu2019re created by the websites you visit or their affiliates and are stored on your computer. The data that cookies store is usually som

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The good and the bad of browser cookies

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  1. The good and the bad of browser cookies What are cookies?

  2. What are Cookies? Cookies are text files with small pieces of data — like a username and password — that are used to identify your computer as you use a computer network. Specific cookies known as HTTP cookies are used to identify specific users and improve your web browsing experience.

  3. Different types of cookies - Magic Cookies and HTTP Cookies ● Magic Cookies: are an old computing term that refers to packets of information that are sent and received without changes. HTTP Cookies: are a repurposed version of the “magic cookie” built for internet browsing. Web browser programmer Lou Montulli used the “magic cookie” as inspiration in 1994. ●

  4. Advantages of cookies The cookies are simple to use & implement , They do not require any server resources , They are stored on the user’s computer , so , no extra burden on the server & they can lighten the load on the server’s memory , They are light in size , So , They occupy less memory and you do not need to send back the data to the server . You can configure the cookies to expire when the browser session ends ( session cookies ) or they can exist for a specified length of time on the client’s computer ( persistent cookies ) and the cookies persist a much longer period of time than Session state .

  5. Disadvantages of cookies The cookies are not secure as they are stored in a clear text & no sensitive information should be stored in cookies , They may pose to a possible security risk because anyone can open & tamper with the cookies . You can manually encrypt & decrypt the cookies , but it requires extra coding , You can affect the application performance because of the time that is required for encryption & decryption .

  6. What Are Cookies Used For? Session management. For example, cookies let websites recognize users and recall their individual login information and preferences, such as sports news versus politics. Personalization. Customized advertising is the main way cookies are used to personalize your sessions. You may view certain items or parts of a site, and cookies use this data to help build targeted ads that you might enjoy. Tracking. Shopping sites use cookies to track items users previously viewed, allowing the sites to suggest other goods they might like and keep items in shopping carts while they continue shopping.

  7. First-Party vs. Third-Party Cookies First-partycookies are directly created by the website you are using. These are generally safer, as long as you are browsing reputable websites or ones that have not been compromised. Third-partycookies are more troubling. They are generated by websites that are different from the web pages users are currently surfing, usually because they're linked to ads on that page.

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