Cookie encryption is good, Linda, but you have no control over this. The cookies are sent to your computer by a website, and can be read only by that website unless your system is hacked. Because of security concerns, more and more websites are encrypting their cookies.
Essentially, the cookie process is and should be invisible to you. If cookies are encrypted, that means that the site that originated 'em is doing the right thing to protect you.

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