Oct 12, 2007

Tracking cookies - what they are and how to get rid of them

Tracking cookies are cookies that track your web browsing habits.

They are browser settings which create a unique ID for the user for certain websites. The tracking cookies are recreated again and again when you browse the web.

In general, a tracking cookie is not dangerous.

It's more handy to prevent them coming than just keeping to remove them again and again.

Here are some useful settings for more common browsers:

Internet Explorer: Open "Internet Options..." from the "Tools" menu. Choose the "Privacy" tab, and raise the Settings to at least Medium; or use the "Advanced..." button to enabled "Override automatic cookie handling" and set "Third-party Cookies" to "Block".

Firefox 2.0: Type "about:config" into Firefox's address bar, then type "network.cookie.cookiebehavior" in the "Filter" box. That will leave one settings line visible; double-click it, type "1" in the "Enter integer value" box, then click OK.

Opera: Open "Preferences" from the "Tools" menu. Click on "Privacy" in the list on the left, then open the pull-down list about "Third party cookies" on the right and set it to "Refuse all cookies".

Opera 9: Open "Preferences" from the "Tools" menu, go to "Advanced" → "Cookies" and select "Accept cookies only from the site I visit.".

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