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Identify tracking cookies in Firefox
Published September 30th, 2007 in Browser Security, Firefox, Privacy, Tips and Tweaks
Nobody likes having someone always looking over their shoulder, but you may get that feeling after you’ve browsed a while and then take a peek inside your Cookies folder. Most of the Web-tracking cookies that violate your privacy are owned not by the sites you visit but by companies that advertise on them.
Though Internet Explorer doesn’t offer you an easy way to identify third-party cookies, Mozilla Firefox does: Open the program and click Tools, Options, Privacy, Show Cookies. Close the Options dialog box, but keep the Cookies dialog box open. Identify tracking cookies in Firefox - Network World
