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I don't really see the problem with cookies. They make things easier to implement, they enable a ton of new businesses and they make things easier for the consu
by jjoergensen 14y ago
I don't really see the problem with cookies. They make things easier to implement, they enable a ton of new businesses and they make things easier for the consumers.
- KMag 14y agoSorry to be pedantic, but the problems were enumerated in the article. There are multiple major security problems with cookies, and their costs are in the billions of dollars per year. Instead of "I don't really see the problem with X" I think you really meant "I think on the whole the benefits of X outweigh its downsides". Neither the article nor the OP has suggested getting rid of cookies. They're merely trying to broach the subject of re-examining the HTTP state mechanism to see if there are better ways to solve the problem. To suggest that something is sub-optimal is not to necessarily suggest that its net effect is negative.
- jjoergensen 14y agoOk i wasn't talking about security problems. Just the problem in general of cookies. And so I don't think it is true that "Cookies provide a function for their origin web site, every other use is generally not good for the consumer." Besides, some people have the illusion that changing the cookies will give them privacy. Well, there are many other ways of following them around although a little less accurate.