Questions tagged [cookies]
Small files sent by sites, used by web browsers, to keep your session or preferences for next time.
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Google chrome logs out from every webpage after system user has logged out
Every time I log into my account I have to again, and again, and again log into every webpage I'm using, because Google Chrome logs me out of everything I am logged in to. However, some cookies do ...
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How to make Firefox open all links in a private window by default?
How to make Firefox open all links in a private window by default? (I mean, unless I manually chose to open a link in "normal" mode, or it's a link from a site to itself, it should open it in a ...
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Where can you see the data that's been recorded by a tracking cookie?
I've always read that cookies can, and do, store sensitive information such as OTHER websites that you've visited outside the one to which the cookie belongs.
I've started to read up about it and can ...
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Why do I lose my cookies when Internet Explorer is not shut down correctly?
I'm using Internet Explorer 9 in a "normal" way, i.e. not doing InPrivate browsing, not having it configured to delete cookies on exit etc.
If Internet Explorer is open when my computer shuts down ...
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chrome 10: third party cookies blocking not working as expected
I've ticked "Block all third party cookies without exception" yet when I visit sites like http://www.washingtonpost.com, the page show Facebook activity of my friends.
In Firefox 4, if I untick "...
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Automatically accept all cookies in Chrome
Is it possible to set up Google Chrome browser to automatically accept all cookies without asking for permission? It can be annoying to consistently have to accept cookies when visiting new sites.
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What are cookies for in a Torrent client (qBittorrent, specifically)?
I noticed that qBittorrent has in "Tools" a "Manage cookies..." section. In it, one finds the cookies stored.
My questions are:
What are these cookies for?
Who stored them there (that is, how and ...
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Vivaldi Browser storing Cookies in Chrome Safe Store
On my OSX machine Vivaldi always starts with the message
Vivaldi wants to use your confidential information saved in "Chrome Safe Store" in your keychain.
If I deny this request, all cookies from ...
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Unable to access MSDN web
I am unable to access any MSDN web page, always being redirected to
https://msdn.microsoft.com/cookie.aspx which shows
Not Expected
The problem is described here & deleting all cookies is ...
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Why is Chrome not Blocking Third-Party Cookies on YouTube Visit?
Here's my Chrome configuration. You can see it's configured to block third-party cookies and for the most part it does just that.
There's one weird exception, however. When I visit the site MMAJunkie....
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Is there a way to read chrome's "safe browsing" files?
I was looking through my appdata and I noticed that in < AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data > there are files that start with "Safe Browsing" and ending in "Bloom, Bloom prefix set, cookies, ...
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How to use wget to download images from messages on facebook?
This look a bit harder than usual. I'm a new user wget and i was thinking that maybe it's possible to somehow login into facebook and download only images from a specific conversation.
I mean, i'd ...
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On Chrome, how to change cookie setting after accept-all for a site?
On Chrome, how to change cookie setting after accept-all for a site?
Clicked "Accept all" by mistake for a site. How to change it?
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How to sync chrome *logged in* sessions across devices?
Is there a way to sync not only passwords, cookies, bookmarks,but also the website logged in sessions themselves?
I'm a developer that travels a lot but does not currently have a laptop (long story), ...
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Is there any way to permanently retain specific cookies, when deleting all cookies on Chrome?
I am wanting to be able to delete all cookies with one button click, or even a hotkey would be better, while not deleting certain commonly used websites' cookies. More specifically, I want to save the ...
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