QOTD: Do You Delete Your Browser Cookies?

[NuclearShadow]

Every time I close my browser I have it set to wipe all cookies and temp files. Security always outweighs convince for me.

 

[Gin Fushicho]

Not often. only when my cookies magically build up to 1 meg.

 

[IzzyCraft]

I keep my always delete on exit, online transactions tends to make a person paranoid although i do keep info on my desk so i guess anyone that broke into my house wouldn't need to be a hacker to get such info or my 13 character long case sensitive alphanumeric passwords to several things.

 

[the associate]

Always delete, plus its limited to 8 megs in internet options, if that actually does as it states

 

[motarola2]

i delete them daily using ccleaner

 

[Wayoffbase]

Being able to remember all your logins and passwords is a vital skill anyone with a computer should possess. No use for cookies here.

 

[bpogdowz]

I delete whatever I feel is nessicary. A browser cookie is the least of my worries. GET A LIFE

 

[afrobacon]

I delete them about every week; about the same lifespan as a real cookie.

 

[back_by_demand]

I keep all my cookies, never empty my temp internet files and leave my PC unguarded without a password and all my bank details are in a text file on the dektop in a file called "really important stuff".

Now I really must be getting a move on, I just got an email from a nice man in Nigeria who wants to give me $25 million.

 

[nachowarrior]

No need to delete cookies, i only search for compromising photo's of people so i can blackmail them. Oh and this site. 😛

 

[psyndrome]

when necessary and when in public places.

 

[dingumf]

Love the picture

 

[neiroatopelcc]

no

 

[bin1127]

blocked all cookies unless a site needs it.

 

[jgiron]

i only delete the oat meal raisin cookies

 

[jonpaul37]

wrote myself a nice little program that will erase cookies, temp internet files and history every time i restart, so i restart every 3 days and that's it...

 

[WyomingKnott]

I have my adware scanner (SpySweeper) configured to know about 2 dozen cookies that I allow (my bank, tvguide.com, tomshardware.com...). All the rest get flushed.

 

[toughbook]

No need to. My IronKey takes care of that. I am totally invisible when I am on the net. They have a feature called Secure Sessions which is very secure. It automatically stores your log in credentials as well. If I don't use it, I have mine to clear after each browser session. Then of course CCCleaner cleans up pretty well!

 

[WyomingKnott]

[citation][nom]jgiron[/nom]i only delete the oat meal raisin cookies[/citation]
No, no! Those are my favorites! Email them to me.

 

[nukemaster]

I delete them about every week; about the same lifespan as a real cookie.

Your real cookies last longer then mine.

 

[Netherscourge]

All my cookies are temporary and set to be deleted upon closing my browsers.

Yea, it's a pain re-entering everything but I don't have to worry about getting hacked or ripped off as easily.

 

[Guest]

Norton 360 does it automatically to my discontent.
That way I need to re-login every hour on forums, or relogin on my email address every time I log into it...

But at times it catches some bad spam cookies too.

 

[Bolbi]

I delete them every few days as part of a general system cleanup (done automatically with CCleaner). I'm not worried that much about privacy, but I am a neat freak obsessed with getting rid of every extraneous file!

 

[sunflier]

I do. In-fact now that I just posted this on Tom's Hardware site i'm going to delete them again.

 

[eyemaster]

Not really. I only delete once in a blue moon or when I think it might help performance.