A cookie is a file stored on your computer that stores information that a website wants to keep locally. Tracking Cookies are special cookies that track which internet sties you visit for targeted advertising. Cookies are also edible, tasty treats that come in multiple flavors (eg, chocolate chip, M&M, etc.)
Questions tagged [cookie]
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Where can I get cookies of Chrome web browser in Ubuntu 14.04?
I am using Ubuntu 14.04 and want to know the location of cookies of the Chrome web browser. Does anyone know the directory of Chrome web browser cookies?
iPeter
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Google Chrome does not keep cookies.
There have been a number of users reporting this starting as early as google chrome 11.0.696 on Lucid Lynx. I am seeing it currently on chrome version 16.0.912.75 (Official Build 116452) on Oneiric Ocelot.
Despite having the cookies setting set to…
Kzqai
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How to start fresh Chromium instance?
I am testing web applications. I therefor always need a browser that does not have any cookies, saved logins, etc. Put shortly: a fresh instance.
As we just work with Chromium, I wonder how to start such an fresh instance.
I don't want to set up…
mcbetz
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Why I can't access google products like google.com and youtube.com?
First youtube started not loading videos, then almost all google products had problem. I had 12.04 and 12.10 on Asus N56VM. There was that problem. Now I have 13.04 on same machine. It still is. I have chrome, chromium and firefox. There is no…
Can
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How to create new Magic Cookie?
I've been searching around on Google but I cannot find my answer on how to create a new MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE.
I recently did a reinstall and I had copied over my files from a backup back into my home folder, and now I can't open up nemo file manager…
user94959
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Delete cookies in Firefox after a specified time frame
In the Firefox tab Privacy in Preferences we can set Accept cookies from sites and then Keep until: they expire, I close Firefox or ask me everytime.
Currently I have keep cookies until they expire but I'd like to be able to select a time frame, for…
Daniel C
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How do I enable cookies in Opera?
In order to access some privileges as far as accessing journal articles and other resources that my university allows me I need cookies enabled. I have tried what I can to enable them like going to the Opera -> Settings -> Quick Preferences ->…
Josh Pinto
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Why is Ubuntu.com notifying that they use cookies?
Over the past few days, I've noticed a fixed banner on the header of Ubuntu.com that states the following:
Did Canonical or Ubuntu have legal or ethical issues with cookies lately? I haven't seen a site notify that blatantly that they use cookies…
Kyle Macey
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Remove all cookies except for app/pinned tabs
Is there a way to remove all cookies, on shutdown, of any websites not pinned? Manually adding websites to the exception list isn't straightforward since some websites saves multiple cookies from different domains.
I'm looking for a solution for…
Oxwivi
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How can I delete specific cookies and DOM in firefox automatically
I want to delete cookies and DOM storage from a specific site every few hours. It could be done by script (cron job) or from within firefox. Bash script preferred.
I only have cookie controller installed and have to delete the cookies/DOM manually.
user30424
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Firefox signs out Google after closing all tabs or reboot (Ubuntu 24.04 LTS; GNOME Shell 46.0)
If I reboot the system, Firefox asks me to sign in to Google again. Current settings:
Privacy and Security > Firefox will 'Remember history'
Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed [DISABLED]
How to fix this issue?
Obs.: It does not…
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XAMPP not saving cookie file
I'm trying to run a script that uses PHP CURL to log in into a website, and I want to save that cookie to use in further requests.
My curl connection have this configuration:
CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => false,
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER =>…
fellyp.santos
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Firefox 35.0 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS sets a cookie to google.com even without calling any web location
I have updated my Ubuntu 14.04 recently and got a new firefox (version 35.0). I have configured an empty starting page and my default search engine is configured to duckduckgo.
but: Since the update I get a google.com cookie called "PREF". When I…
Sir Cornflakes
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Will Editing HOSTS file in Ubuntu Improve my Network Security?
I have recently learnt about 2 different ways of editing the hosts file in Ubuntu for the purpose of blocking webpages and domains tracking my computer (protecting myself from tracking cookies), and I am a little confused here because there are guys…
Taz D.
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curl not able to read or write cookies from files created by mktemp command
I'm working on a bash script that requires capturing cookies from web requests.
What I'm Trying to Achieve
Create a temporary file using mktemp
Use curl to make a web request
Capture all cookies set by the server in this temporary file
Be able to…
