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Information Technology in a Global Society is a subject taken by students studying for the International Baccalaureate Diploma at Grades 11 and 12 at the International School Dhaka, Bangladesh. The ITGS course is the study and evaluation of the impact of information technology (IT) on individuals and society.

Sunday, February 25, 2007

Cookies: Some questions

Respond to this post with your ideas and comments on this topic to do with Cookies.

Many websites use cookies to record and store the browsing activity of persons accessing the website.
  1. Identify two browsing activities that could be collected from a cookie by a website.
  2. Describe one advantage of a cookie for the owner of the website and oneone practical example in each description. advantage for a person accessing the website. Include
  3. Describe two concerns that a person acessing the website may have about the use of cookies.

posted by Julie Lindsay @ 11:40 AM  

2 Comments:

  • At 8:43 AM, March 11, 2007, Blogger Nader Salam said…

    Browsing activities that can collected froma a cook by a website are:
    1. Usernames and Passwords
    2. Items placed in a shopping cart
    3. Address and other details (well filling out forms, etc.)

    One Advantage:
    Upon one's first visit to a site, the visitor is oftenly asked to register by giving their (user)name and a password in order to gain access to the site. The site will then place a cookie on the hard drive, which contains that information. When returning to that site, the cookie is retrieved and read and the web site recognizes the user as an authorized guest. This way, the user user has to only input this data once.

    Two Concerns Regarding Cookies:
    1. Cookies are a source of one's personal data. Which sites they visit the most, their interests, address, name, age, birthdate, etc.
    2. When visiting a website, the managers of the website can determine your:
    * Service provider
    * Operating System
    * Browser type
    * CPU type
    * IP address

     

  • At 12:59 PM, March 11, 2007, Blogger Julie Lindsay said…

    Thanks Nader, a good introductory overview.

     

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