[PEN-L:26995] Re: tech question

[Bill Lear <rael@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday, June 17, 2002 at 21:36:24 (-0700) Michael Perelman writes:
>How does microsoft put a cookie on my system every time I use my
>computer?  Can I block that particular cookie?

If by "every time I use my computer", you mean "every time I use my
browser", then the answer is to 1) use a browser that allows you to
deny or selectively accept cookies; 2) delete the cookie manually
after each use (or hire a clever programmer to write a script to
handle it for you); 3) edit the cookie file by hand and randomly
change the characters in it --- this will cause the host system that
produced the cookie to index your cookie either to another person, or
to a black hole.

If you mean something else, then I have no immediate answer.


Bill