"Police blotter" is a weekly CNET News.com report on the intersection of technology and the law. What: A Texas man says the timestamp of cookies on his Web browser proves he was actually online and ...

Web browser cookies are a part of our every day Internet life. They help websites provide certain settings and memorize our passwords and preferences so we don’t have to do it. It’s also the perfect ...

Cookies may be one of the most maligned parts of the internet, but they weren’t always so notorious. Back in 1994, a young man named Lou Montulli developed the cookie as a way for website operators to ...

In addition to having multimedia and other rich content, Web sites are becoming a lot more interactive and have areas where people can sign in to user accounts for access to settings, discussion ...

Yeah, I just got an email from *** viewer asking about internet cookies. Should they click, allow cookies or reject cookies on every website? So, let me help answer that question first. You should ...

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For many years, privacy advocates have been sounding the alarm on the use of cookies to track, profile, and serve personalized ads to web users. The discussion has been especially acute over cookies ...