Reply #4: I see what others have said but [View All]

[McKenzie]

I only enable cookies if they are required for authentication purposes. They are not a huge security risk because they are only small text files. However, they are used for tracking to build up marketing databases. Doubleclick is a case in point.

The worst offenders are persistent cookies, ones that live for ages, as oppposed to per session, or limited life cookies. I've opened some of the nastier ones in a text editor to discover they live for tens of years. Now WTF is that necessary?

No biggie but, if one considers how commercial the net is becoming, It's probably wise to disable 'em. Cookies are only functionally necessary for authentication purposes. Other than that, if a site won't let me in unless I accept a cookie, I walk.