Cookies, do they infringe my rights?

XabbaRus · 12-18-06, 06:46 PM

Seriously.

I can understand sites having cookies, like subsim so I don't have to type in my password everytime, but why is it I go to a site eg a news site and everyone under the sun wants to set a cookie? I reject most btw.

I mean why does some site have to try and set a cookie that won't expire until 2038?

I know google tries to and does, and I know they use the information that in many way I feel is none of their business.

It bugs the hell out of me and I sure wish I could find a legal challenge to cookies.

One more question. If someone has their web browser set to allow cookies, ie a novice who takes vanilla settings, is the loading of cookies without warning them not illegal? Or is it like junk mail, nothing you can do about it?

12-18-06, 06:46 PM	#1
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Cookies, do they infringe my rights? Seriously. I can understand sites having cookies, like subsim so I don't have to type in my password everytime, but why is it I go to a site eg a news site and everyone under the sun wants to set a cookie? I reject most btw. I mean why does some site have to try and set a cookie that won't expire until 2038? I know google tries to and does, and I know they use the information that in many way I feel is none of their business. It bugs the hell out of me and I sure wish I could find a legal challenge to cookies. One more question. If someone has their web browser set to allow cookies, ie a novice who takes vanilla settings, is the loading of cookies without warning them not illegal? Or is it like junk mail, nothing you can do about it? __________________