What does a cookie look like?Ī cookie is a small text file, so it looks like a text file.

This is helpful for session-management (keeping you logged-in over the course of a single user-session), login persistence (the 'Remember Me' or 'Stay Logged In' feature you see in many apps and websites), and multi-tab browsing. It doesn't reveal personal information (because the data in the cookie came from the website's server in the first place) - just identifies you as the same browser that visited earlier. What is the point of a cookie? What does it do?Ī cookie can be used to identify you to a website. The server also has access to the cookie it gave you (but not to cookies created by other websites). The file - and the information in the file - is generated by the server-side application running the web site.

Browser Cookie FAQs What is a cookie?Ī cookie is a small text file stored on your hard drive by web pages you visit. Use the table of contents to jump to the information you are searching for, or continue reading below. Can cookies be used to violate my privacy? What is the point of a cookie? What does it do?

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