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Inside the digital world of cookies – The Hindu Article.
About Browser Cookies
- Cookies are bits of data in a text file, that are sent to and from your browser to identify you.
- When you open a website, your browser sends a piece of data to the web server hosting that website.
- This data usually appears as strings of numbers and letters in a text file.
- Every time you access a new website, a cookie is created and placed in a temporary folder on your device.
- From here, cookies try to match your preferences for what you want to read, see, or purchase.
- While cookies can be useful for improving our browsing experience, they can also be used to track us without our consent by cybercriminals.
- It’s important to be aware of the types of cookies that websites use and how they can affect our privacy.
- Some websites may require the user to accept certain cookies in order to use their services.
Source: The Hindu
Previous Year Question
With reference to Web 3.0, consider the following statements:
1. Web 3.0 technology enables people to control their own data.
2. In Web 3.0 world, there can blockchain based social networks.
3. Web 3.0 is operated by users collectively rather than a corporation.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2022 Prelims]
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Answer: (d)
