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What are cookies?

Cookies?

 A cookie is a small file that website stores on your computer. It helps the site remember information about your visit, which can be used for analytics (like I do) and other important stuff. But some websites (cough cough Facebook )can also use them to track you across the web. Thankfully most modern browsers already block these cookies by default, but if you want to be extra sure that no website is tracking you, download the free and open-source web extension uBlock Origin. That is a general-purpose blocker with more advanced tools, like the power to completely disable JavaScript.

And if you are extra cautious about your privacy, use TOR browser . Tor browser anonymizes your internet activity by relaying it across many volunteer-run servers (nodes), so nor the website nor the nodes know who is accessing what. However, this extra privacy comes at the cost of slower internet speed.