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New EU regulations mean websites will have to alert users when a cookie is used http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/18/eu_cookie_monster/ This is crazy. Cookies are basically barcodes, that a website asks your computer to hold on to on the first page that you load, then gets sent the barcode number back each time you ask for a new page. Without it, the web-site would not be able to keep track of whether you are logged in, what you've put in your basket, etc. Anyone even marginally technical can show that cookies: a) pose no security risks in themselves b) are used by every DYNAMIC web-site. In fact, you cannot shop or interact with a modern web-site WITHOUT cookies, so pretty much every single site uses them in one way or another. So the fear is that this crazy law will pop-up a message on every single site you visit - your default response being frustration, followed by clicking 'accept' - because if you don't you can't use that site you've visited!