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Browser cookies make people more cautious online, study finds

  • Written by Elizabeth Stoycheff, Associate Professor of Communication, Wayne State University
Browser cookies make people more cautious online, study findsCookie notifications become a ubiquitous aspect of online life.Mohssen Assanimoghaddam/picture alliance via Getty Images

Website cookies are online surveillance tools, and the commercial and government entities that use them would prefer people not read those notifications too closely. People who do read the notifications carefully will find that...

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