NODE a32b3f44CookieScan 0.0 rev 0
Christopher Hull <nozefngr@apple.com>Tue, 16 Jul 1996 16:18:50 +0800
Do y¹all think there might be an interest in a
utility which would allow the user to deal with
browser cookies?
What I imagine is a little utility that would
display the cookies stashed on a machine and
give the user the option to either delete or
<snicker> edit </snicker> any given cookie.
(Hey, it¹s *your* computer, not the website¹s).
This little app would also come with help text
explaining what a cookie is (and is not). In
future it might run in the background and alert
the user when a cookie is being dropped and the
user could give or deny permission (Netscape 3.0
will do this as well).
As it is an ³anti-virus² type product it would
be offered for free. I could just stick it up
on Apple¹s (or Netscape's) website when finished.
Do any such utilities currently exits?
-Chris
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NODE 23cde665Re: CookieScan 0.0 rev 0
David Sternlight <david@sternlight.com>Thu, 18 Jul 1996 09:29:44 +0800
At 5:34 PM -0700 7/15/96, Christopher Hull wrote:
>Do y'all think there might be an interest in a
>utility which would allow the user to deal with
>browser cookies?
>
>What I imagine is a little utility that would
>display the cookies stashed on a machine and
>give the user the option to either delete or
><snicker> edit </snicker> any given cookie.
>(Hey, it's *your* computer, not the website's).
And they'll simply <snicker> start encrypting the cookies if they don't do
so already. Have a nice day.
David
NODE 0eab8acbRe: CookieScan 0.0 rev 0
Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>Tue, 16 Jul 1996 19:45:00 +0800
Christopher Hull wrote:
> What I imagine is a little utility that would
> display the cookies stashed on a machine and
> give the user the option to either delete or
> <snicker> edit </snicker> any given cookie.
> (Hey, it¹s *your* computer, not the website¹s).
I doubt that you will have much luck here. Many (most??) sites
that use cookies tend to encode or obscure them so that they are not
human readable. Certainly anyone doing something questionable
will obscure their cookies so that they will not be user readable
or editable.
--Jeff
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Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
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Any opinions expressed above are mine.