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To: gypsy who wrote (20)	10/20/1998 10:05:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77

Cookies are an invasion of privacy, and CAN be misused!! There is software available to combat sites that use cookies, here's one package: kburra.com Note: Cookies are just the tip of the iceberg in Internet Privacy / Security.

To: gypsy who wrote (20)	10/20/1998 10:18:00 PM
From: EL KABONG!!!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77

gypsy, When we delete our cookies, are they really gone off our hard drive or does it mean only, that we can no longer see them. Are they still on our computer somewhere? To answer your questions directly (for Windows users), if you simply remove a file to the wastebasket and then empty the wastebasket, the file is NOT deleted from your disk, and could be recovered using special commands and software applications. What really happens is that the file name is deleted from the name and directory tables, but the underlying data and file structures are still on your disk. The area of disk where the files were/are located are marked by the operating system as available for future use, but the reality is that unless you have very full disk drives, the data locations may never be overwritten by a new file, and thusly are available in their original format. The only near 100% foolproof way I know of to completely wipe out all traces of the original file is to reformat the disk(s). KJC