I've known about cookies for as long as I can remember using the internet unsupervised. Not because I was up to anything, but because I remember reading that you should clear them sometimes for faster internet speed. This led to my own personal investigation of what cookies were. Searching through all the cookies I realized every site I had visited left something like that of a "crumb" behind.
Cookies give companies information about what sites you visit, and that in turn affects the advertisements you see on your Facebook news feed or banner ads. They serve a legitimate purpose, but does that make it okay? I don't think most people know that every site they go to is leaving behind a trail on their computer. But I'm sure people realize (at least I hope) that everything they do on the internet isn't private. The apathy towards cookies may just come from the age of technology we live in. Most people might not care that big brother is watching because they aren't doing anything wrong. Some don't mind to waive the privacy of their computer because those ads for the new style of North Faces affected their purchase!
I could completely understand if some found it unethical for these companies to be filling our cookie jar with things that they didn't ask for, but I myself just don't care. I clear the dang things out whenever I get done browsing most of the time anyways. My computer life really isn't that interesting to need ultimate privacy.
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