"Enable Cookies On Your Browser!"

[grandpajoe]

A website I am replying to asked the above question but I do not know how to do this. Help please Cheers Chris

[bednobs]

wht browser are you using?

[grandpajoe]

Where would I find that I think its google though I'm thick re comps as well

[bednobs]

what does the little icon (picture) look like you press to go onto the internet?

[Lie-in King]

grandpajoe - open a new tab (+ sign next to the tab AnswerBank is in) & paste this into the address bar & press enter -

https://www.whatsmybrowser.org

[Lie-in King]

I'm an idiot! - just click the link, lol

[Buenchico]

If you're using Google Chrome, the instructions for enabling or disabling cookies are here:
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en

However Google is determined to stop the use of 'tracking cookies' and, in future, Chrome will simply block them altogether. It's possible that you might have received an update to Chrome with the new technology enabled.

[Barsel]

Can I just ask, should Cookies be enabled or disabled?

[Buenchico]

Barsel: Many websites need cookies to function. For example, if you're ordering several different items on Amazon, their servers need to know that it's the same person who just ordered gardening gloves who's also now ordering Lego, otherwise they couldn't keep track of your order and you'd have to sign in to every single page separately an pay for every item individually too.

So, in general, cookies are extremely useful and you most definitely need to have them enabled.

However there has been a lot of concern about a 'tracking cookies', which aren't just used on a single website but are shared between thousands of websites. They're the reason that, say, you search for pressure cookers on Amazon and then you'll see ads for pressure cookers suddenly appearing on AB and elsewhere. (Or, if say, you post on a thread about garden sheds on AB, you'll find other websites showing you ads for garden sheds). Google have announced their intention to make tracking cookies (but definitely not ordinary cookies) a thing of the past:
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/google-chrome-cookies-third-party-ads

[Barsel]

Thanks Chris.