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|These cookies can be used when companies have different registered domains or transferring the user to prevent annoying information duplication or joint partner domains that may be working with a third party vendor. However these cookies are more often than not used as tracking indicators about user behavior and what other sites you visit. | |These cookies can be used when companies have different registered domains or transferring the user to prevent annoying information duplication or joint partner domains that may be working with a third party vendor. However these cookies are more often than not used as tracking indicators about user behavior and what other sites you visit. | ||
|Considering the risk is it worth having third party cookies that silently track you? Many companies and brokers are ramping up their usage of tracking users with this metric along with browser fingerprinting to serve you targeted ads based on what pages you look at or search for | |Considering the risk is it worth having third party cookies that silently track you? Many companies and brokers are ramping up their usage of tracking users with this metric along with [[Device fingerprint|browser fingerprinting]] to serve you targeted ads based on what pages you look at or search for | ||
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|Authentication Cookie | |Authentication Cookie | ||