Removing Cookies

Do you know how many cookies are tracking you? Have you tried to clear the cookies only to find some things not quite gone? Well I have a product for you!… just kidding, it sounded like an advert, so I went with it.

This post was inspired by the Evercookie

Cookie Types

  • HTTP Cookies
    • Internet Explorer
    • Firefox
    • Chrome
    • Apple Safari
  • Flash
  • Android
  • Windows Phone
  • BlackBerry
  • Silverlight
  • CSS (typically on older browsers)
  • HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)
  • Window.Name cache
  • IE User data storage
  • HTML5 Storage
  • Java

[Source and inspiration for this post: https://github.com/samyk/evercookie ]

Rather than make a really long single post, I have decided to split this up in to chunks (that helps me keep from going f-ing nuts too)

I will start with good old HTTP cookies 🙂

 

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