Formally called "HTTP Cookies". These are small pieces of data stored on a user's computer when browsing the web.
¿How were cookies created?
They were created in 1994 by a programmer named Lui Montulli who was developing an online store for a company that was having problems with its servers overloading as they were individually storing data from its users' shopping carts. Lui was asked to create a way for users' shopping cart data to be stored on their own computers..
This would reduce the demand on the online store's servers and thus reduce the company's costs.
¿What are the uses of cookies?
Tracking the browsing activity may be used to target advertisements about related goods or services.
Remember your login details, so that when you close the page and log in again, you don't have to re-enter all the data over and over again.
They allow website owners to count unique user visits. This is because each cookie has a unique identification. For example, by having cookies enabled and logging in three times in one day, it is possible to determine that it is the same user instead of three different ones.
Some examples of information they may collect:
Telephone number and address.
IP address.
The operating system of our computer.
The browser we use.
Previously visited pages.
Language.
The website administrators will then be able to answer the following questions
¿What items did you add to your shopping cart?
¿Which articles did you read?
By answering these questions they will be able to, for example, offer and save coupons for special offers for you.
Session Cookies
These are those that last only while a session is open in the browser. They are deleted when the browser is closed.
Permanent Cookies
These are stored on the computer. To delete it you have to manually enter the browser settings.
If you do not want your information to remain stored on your computer, you can delete it from the tools/delete browsing data section.
From your cell phone, you can do this by going to Settings/ privacy/ delete cookies.
By deleting cookies, the settings of the websites you have visited will be deleted.
Mostly cookies are used to improve the user experience on a website. This saves time by avoiding entering login data, forms, spreadsheets, etc.
Third party cookies
These are a type of cookies that belong to external sites, usually advertisers.
For example, when you share website content on a social network, the social network will have access to cookies collected on the website that it may use to eventually target advertisements.
It must be emphasized that cookies are not viruses.They are not coded fragments that cannot be executed and do not execute automatically. They cannot be reproduced or spread over other networks.
The negative uses to which cookies can be put can be for spyware, by analyzing the user's browsing behavior. To reduce this risk it is advisable to download anti-spyware programs that block certain cookies to destroy them if necessary after analyzing if they represent a threat..
Be careful when using open wifi networks since a person can intercept the cookies' information.
Another risk is cookie-related attacks linked to the exploitation of faulty cookie settings on servers. This threat occurs when a web page does not require the use of encrypted channels. For this reason we recommend using http pagesS.
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