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To: SI Brad who wrote (3435)	11/11/1998 4:00:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32883

Brad, I have done allot of research into cookies, so far the only place that can read a cookie (that was given to you) was the web site you are surfing, like go2net sites, right? But why does Netscape have a setting in their browser to "Set cookies that get sent back to originating server" BUT THIS IS 100% TRUE (however rare it may be) That little file called cookie.txt. If you use on-line accounts that have "Save Password Feature" and you use that feature. If someone copied that cookie file, they could install it in their computer and access all your accounts. Anyone that has access to your computer that is. (Repair / Service Tech., friends, office colleagues...etc) I am not a programmer, I rely on the info supplied by sources I feel have credility, like ZD NET, Paul Zimmermann, etc... In my opinion, I would rate cookies on the Security / Privacy Risk scale (1-10) as a 4+, with the possiblity of that risk increasing in time. --------------- The above was responding to your message: Brad Dryer Wrote: Well, you just found a major screwup by Ziff-Davis. This statement is simply untrue, and is a reckless endangerment of the public's confidence in the net. I understand now why people are so scared of cookies. Only the site which sets a cookie is able to view that cookie. How convenient that the author of the article is unknown.

To: SI Brad who wrote (3435)	11/11/1998 4:05:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Respond to of 32883

Here is the author: By Ira Winkler zdnet.com Ira Winkler's BIO: zdnet.com Ira Winkler, author of Corporate Espionage, first realized the vulnerability of large computer systems while working with the National Security Agency in the 1980s. Since then, first in the NSA and National Computer Security Asociation, now in private enterprise, he has strived to protect network and communications systems. Along the way, Winkler has worked with the CIA and Defense Intelligence Agency, and performed information warfare studies for the Joint Chiefs of Staff.