Meet the Real Cookie Monster—The One in Your Browser!
Learn how cookies work, what they track, and why they matter
Tech Wing Bites: What is Website Cookies?
How did that website remember me? Do you ever wonder that sometimes? The answer is cookies—website cookies. Think of cookies as tiny notes websites leave on your browser. They remember things like your language preference, shopping cart items or login status.
Not The Cookies You Eat
Website cookies are small text files stored on your phone, computer or wherever you access a website. They are the key to how these website remember your preferences, login details, and browsing habits. Some cookies improve your experience, others track your activities for advertising—those are the ones we hate 🤔.
The Ingredients To Know
Types of Cookies
When I hear cookies I too, think oatmeal or chocolate chip, but the types here are Session—temporary and deletes when browser is closed, Persistent—will stay with a deadline, First-Party—set by sites you visit and Third Party Cookies—set by other companies from the sites you visit.Track & Delete
Website owners and advertisers will track you on their sites and sometime across other websites. You can opt out now, block or delete from your browser—use incognito or private mode, you’re not tracked.Some Are Required
If you’re login into a website you absolutely need cookies—not all but the ones that are required for the task. Login, Shopping carts, or your personal settings on Social Media.
My Setting Won’t Stay
You visit a website and a “Cookies” consent notice comes up, you have to click Accept to allow cookies from the website. Instead you closed the notice and on every page you visit the notice keeps coming back, asking you to Accept or Reject. When you finally Accept—that’s cookies in action—no more notices as you browse.
We Need Cookies
Cookies can make browsing smoother, but they also raise privacy concerns. Stay informed and take control of your data! You can use popular browsers Instead of Google Chrome, Apple Safari—iDevices and Microsoft Edge—on most windows pc.
Brave Browser
Mozilla Firefox
Tor Browser
DuckDuckGo
Did you know the term "cookie" comes from “magic cookies” in computing, which referred to packets of data passed between programs. 🍪
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Good stuff... This was very helpful. My one question is, how do I know whether to accept or reject cookies?