Where has the privacy gone in XP Pro?

[Pappion]

Just for a check-up, I checked the boxes in properties to indicate when "cookies" and
"Active X" are being placed on my computer--just to see what is really
happening without my knowledge. Since then, I cannot go to any website
(commercial) without having the Security Warning pop up to permit
"Cookies" or "Active X attempts." Its so bad that in Google.com once I
refused cookies, it pops up a huge ad about a spyware program I have never heard of,
that I should sign up for, and it cannot be removed! I had to shut my computer down,
manually. Nice folks, eh?

Netflix, and Medline/Medscape are among the worst, but actually any
commercial site is abominable. Most of the cookies I'm finding are those
that are "double-click," which follow the computer owner around the
Internet and sell the information to data bases, or worse the
government.

I immediately go into my IE/Tools and click on "Remove Cookies" and also
hit Search, and enter "cookies," w/o the quotes, as well as *.tmp and
remove everything, but his is getting ridiculous.

What's the alternative, besides not going to web sites? Thank you.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

A cookie is a file created by an Internet site to store information on your computer,
such as your preferences when visiting that site. For example, if you inquire about
a flight schedule at an airline's Web site, the site might create a cookie that contains
your itinerary. Or it might only contain a record of the pages you looked at within the
site you visited, to help the site customize the view for you the next time you visit.

Cookies can also store personally identifiable information. Personally identifiable
information is information that can be used to identify or contact you, such as your name,
e-mail address, home or work address, or telephone number. However, a Web site only
has access to the personally identifiable information that you provide. For example,
a Web site cannot determine your e-mail name unless you provide it. Also, a Web site
cannot gain access to other information on your computer.

==>Once a cookie is saved on your computer, only the Web site that created the cookie
can read it.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User

Enjoy all the benefits of genuine Microsoft software:
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/default.mspx

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Just for a check-up, I checked the boxes in properties to indicate when "cookies" and
"Active X" are being placed on my computer--just to see what is really
happening without my knowledge. Since then, I cannot go to any website
(commercial) without having the Security Warning pop up to permit
"Cookies" or "Active X attempts." Its so bad that in Google.com once I
refused cookies, it pops up a huge ad about a spyware program I have never heard of,
that I should sign up for, and it cannot be removed! I had to shut my computer down,
manually. Nice folks, eh?

Netflix, and Medline/Medscape are among the worst, but actually any
commercial site is abominable. Most of the cookies I'm finding are those
that are "double-click," which follow the computer owner around the
Internet and sell the information to data bases, or worse the
government.

I immediately go into my IE/Tools and click on "Remove Cookies" and also
hit Search, and enter "cookies," w/o the quotes, as well as *.tmp and
remove everything, but his is getting ridiculous.

What's the alternative, besides not going to web sites? Thank you.