Klarinet Archive - Posting 000503.txt from 2002/12

From: b6w@-----.net (Bill Wright)
Subj: RE: [kl] How it happens
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 15:45:08 -0500

Perhaps some others on the list would be interested, and so I'll ask
here:

(1) Must a 'cookie' be limited to data, such as ASCII text, that cannot
wake up and execute itself?

(2) Obviously the entity who places a cookie on my machine can access it
at a later date. What --- if anything --- prevents just anybody from
accessing these cookies if they're willing to write the necessary code
and to wait until I ask their machine to exchange data with me (example:
ask your machine to search the Klarinet archives)?

Thank you,
Bill

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