10th March 1999

Lockergnomie Bill Manro brings up a great privacy trick for Netscape users: "The cookie.txt file is where 'cookies' from websites are stored. If you don't want all of your information to be seen or used, all you need to do is make cookie.txt a read-only file. Then, set Netscape to accept all cookies. This will allow you to visit a site which requires cookies without having to worry about them knowing who you are." Do a search on your hard drive (F3) for 'cookies.txt', right-click on the file, then make sure the 'Read-only' box has a checkmark in it. This is a cool tip, gang... but I hate to say that your privacy has already gone out the window.