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To: Ken Adams who wrote (41481)	5/31/2004 4:17:07 PM
From: thecow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

No danger at all. There is a misconception that cookies are dangerous. They are nothing but little text files. They can be used to track your internet usage and target you to see certain types of ads when you return to their site and are used to remember you so you won't have to login each time if the website requires such a thing. Unless you're going to sites that you don't want people that might access your computer to know about, accept them and clean them every now and then. To my knowledge, a cookie has never hurt anyone ...except diabetics