What is the Big Deal About Cookies?
Cookies are a very simple but extremely important tool. Many sites that require entrants to use cookies so that security can be kept at a maximum. Sites like Amazon, and Ebay employ cookies to make their system more secure by tracking a user as she travels the site. When you log in, you receive a cookie that identifies you to the server. It can then pull up information about you from the database and store characteristics on you like how many times you logged in or what careers you might be interest in.
Using cookies are transparent to the visitor.
Who is Using Cookies?
Many people cry "big brother" when they first hear of cookies because they are uninformed. Cookies, themselves, are harmless. It is only a text file that resides on your hard drive. At any time, if you feel you are being watched too much, you can erase a cookie from the file. It is that easy.
My Opinion of Cookies
Cookies, like any tool, could be misused by the unscrupulous. But then again, most frauds are committed via the telephone and I don't see people getting rid of that any time soon.
SC Alumni
SC Alumni uses a session cookie. This cookie is used to store your User ID, Name and an access code. It remains in effect as long as your browser is on. This means you can leave SC Alumni, visit other sites and return to an page without logging in again. When you close your browser, the session cookie is removed from your hard drive.
Your system must accept cookies in-order to gain access to classmate profiles. Read 'Setting your Browser for Cookies'.
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