the.com/cookies
the internet's way of tagging you like a library book so it never forgets you.
means small text files websites store in your browser to remember who you are, what you did, and what to sell you next.
from named in 1994 by netscape engineer lou montulli, borrowing from unix 'magic cookie,' a token programs pass to each other with no meaning except recognition.
first usechecked if a shopping cart page had been visited
eu lawforced those annoying consent banners since 2011
third-party kindthe one advertisers use to stalk you across sites
session vs persistentone dies on tab close, one outlives your memory