Cookie manipulation: [symlink ~/.netscape/cookies] to [/dev/null ]

[vlok stone]

--- Devon Null <devnull at butcherfamily.com> wrote:
> From 31 Jan 2001 SANS NewsBites for the SANS
> NewsBites service

I'm using Konqueror. Does the same apply? I must say
that the term emulation built into the browser makes
unpacking tarballs -n- rpms a snap. ciao4now vlok
> 
> [Editor's (Cowan) Note: Tip for UNIX users: 
> 
> If you symlink ~/.netscape/cookies to /dev/null,
> then Netscape will accept
> cookies all day long, and then forget them all when
> you exit the process. 
> 
> This gives you a very convenient and very secure
> enforcement that the life
> span of cookies on your client is exactly what you
> want it to be, and
> generally far too short for Doubleclick to harvest.]
> 
>  --23 January 2001  FTC Closes DoubleClick
> Investigation
> 
> The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has concluded its
> DoubleClick data
> handling investigation, saying the company did not
> violate its privacy policy.
> 
>
<http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/stories/0,1199,NAV47_STO56754,00.html>
> 
> 

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