How cookies can track you (Simply Explained)

Cookies can be used to invade your privacy and track you around the internet. But what are cookies and how do they work? They were initially invented to make our lives easier and are used to keep us logged in and to store things like shopping carts and preferences on our computers instead of on servers.

However, clever companies can use cookies to track us around the internet. It can help them to build a profile of users and sell more targeted advertisements.

In this video, I'll show you how cookies are working and why they're useful. Then we'll explore how cookies can be used to track people and finally, we'll discuss how you can prevent being followed.

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[TheLeoachu]

This is the best video I watched on Youtube explaining cookies.

[howchen]

Good explanation! Learned cookie in uni web course but didn't understand how cookies could track you because of the domain scope restrictions...This makes it clear

[minsupark]

Man, this just opened my eyes !!! Thank you so much for your amazing simple but clear understanding video!! YOU ARE THE BEST TEACHER!

[LEAPPOV]

I've been watching your videos recently. They are very helpful and simplifed. Thank for great contents!

[blizzardengle]

Great job with the video! And thank you for the CC. I'm sharing this with my students.

Very good explanation, as always! Thanks a ton!

[orien]

Simple explanation. Great information in a short video. Keep it simple as usual. Thanks.

[DjNemess]

Brilliant explanation, thanks! Looking forward to seeing more of your vids!

[alandmcleod]

Excellent vid. Only watched it once and completely understood everything! well presented

[ameeraalmomani]

Simply explained indeed 👍
Thanks!. Very beneficial, I'm glad I found your channel👍

[jscriber]

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks alot!!

[GauravPatel]

To add to our privacy protection, modern browsers like chrome and firefox have settings that automatically clear cache and cookies when we close the browser, so next time when we open a website, it's all fresh.

[kaleemahmed]

Thank you for sharing it. Explains everything.

[suleimanshaibu]

Well done your explanation is simple and it makes sense. Well done again

[RV-klwl]

You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain-- cookies

[iezioaudi]

That was a great explanation!
Keep up the good work! :D

[shiso]

Thank you so much, great video and great explanation, really helped me a lot for school

[DutchwithTomasito]

Great video. Most easy to understand explanation I've seen so far, thanks!!

[mceisen]

Thanks for this good content! Quality over quantity that´s your theme quote :D

[Irapa]

Now YouTube has a cookie from me that shows I want to know what cookies are lol great video!