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Re: Encryption

By: lkorrow in CONSTITUTION | Recommend this post (0)
Fri, 14 Oct 11 10:44 PM | 83 view(s)
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Msg. 15714 of 21975
(This msg. is a reply to 15713 by DueDillinger)

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Due, I think this is different. I don't care about the contents of the cookie, I care about its name. I want to be able to delete most bu selectively keep other cookies, so I don't have to logon to sites like ABs, etc.

What I'm seeing is instead of a website name is an eight digit name in the cookies folder, e.g., BMYI3AEL.TXT. When I open it up with, say Notepad, it's gibberish, but the url is mostly within.

I don't know if it's actually encrypted, perhaps not, since I can see the name. But whatever's going on, I'd like the old system back! I see it's doing it for both IE and Chrome...




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Re: Encryption
By: DueDillinger
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Fri, 14 Oct 11 9:47 PM
Msg. 15713 of 21975

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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