Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:39:06 -0700, Mark Thorson wrote:
>
>> I would not enable Google's cookies under any
>> conditions. People who do are fools, and deserve
>> what they will get.
>
> I enabled cookies and created a google account, then signed into all
> the google sites. I also turned Adblock+ off to see what
> third-party cookies Google would leave behind when I visited sites
> that simply displayed Google ads.
>
> Google placed over 290 cookies in just 2-3 days. Some of the Google
> domains (gmail.com) had placed over 40 cookies. Of course I had no
> idea what all those cryptic cookie strings meant...
>
> I don't like to tie up my Internet connection with the whole Cookie
> Exchange scam.
>
> I'm sure Google will get better about their intrusiveness, though.
> <cough>. Look at Microsoft, for example.
>
> -sw

I've been using Google's Chrome. It's super fast and I don't have to
worry about cookies or pop-ups. I haven't done a survey on cookies
allowed in this browser but I don't really care since Chrome is so fast
it makes you forget that any of that nonsense exists.