Posted by Lou TarDisk on
Ever wonder how Facebook somehow knows exactly which ads to put on your news feed? Ever booked a plane ticket, only to find out your friend booked the same ticket that same day at a much lower price? How'd that happen? Well, all internet browsers collect things called “cookies,” which could probably explain these weird occurrences that you may have thought were just coincidences. Cookies are basically little nuggets of information specific to your browsing habits. They're based on the sites you visit and the information you enter on those sites. Your browser stores these bits of data mainly...
