Cookies are text files that a web server will try to store on your computer to remember who you are what you have done on their site etc. You can not hide your ip address.
Cookies, sometimes known as web cookies or just cookies, are parcels of text sent by a server to a web browser and then sent back unchanged by the browser each time it accesses that server.Cookies are used for authenticating, tracking, and maintaining specific information about users, such as site preferences and the contents of their electronic shopping carts.
There is a program which is called HideIP which hides your IP address.
Cookies are just small .txt (text) files that by themselves cannot hurt your computer. They are not a virus, but some people consider "tracking" cookies to be an invasion of privacy.
It all depends on one's level of paranoria.
Tracking cookies are mostly "3rd party cookies" from advertising servers. They can track your movements around the web in order to deliver to you customised, targeted advertising.
If you are using Internet Explorer for a browser, you can permanantly block all 3rd party cookies. Go to tools > internet options > privacy > advanced > checkmark "override automatic cookie handling" > third party cookies > tick "block" > ok > ok.
Here a good site that give your more information on what cookies are and how to erase them. You can also modify your browser to stop collecting cookies.
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Cookies are text files that a web server will try to store on your computer to remember who you are what you have done on their site etc. You can not hide your ip address.
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Cookies, sometimes known as web cookies or just cookies, are parcels of text sent by a server to a web browser and then sent back unchanged by the browser each time it accesses that server.Cookies are used for authenticating, tracking, and maintaining specific information about users, such as site preferences and the contents of their electronic shopping carts.
There is a program which is called HideIP which hides your IP address.
http://www.hide-ip-soft.com/
Cookies are just small .txt (text) files that by themselves cannot hurt your computer. They are not a virus, but some people consider "tracking" cookies to be an invasion of privacy.
It all depends on one's level of paranoria.
Tracking cookies are mostly "3rd party cookies" from advertising servers. They can track your movements around the web in order to deliver to you customised, targeted advertising.
If you are using Internet Explorer for a browser, you can permanantly block all 3rd party cookies. Go to tools > internet options > privacy > advanced > checkmark "override automatic cookie handling" > third party cookies > tick "block" > ok > ok.
Here a good site that give your more information on what cookies are and how to erase them. You can also modify your browser to stop collecting cookies.
http://www.delete-computer-history.com/delete-cook...
As for masking your IP, that could done using a proxy here is another link to get you started.
http://www.delete-computer-history.com/anonymous-p...
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Cookies are internet Tracking tools, some of which are benign, some of which are hedaches.
Under normal circumstances, your IP is not hidden, unless you have some illegal purpose, or are being harassed
Cookies are you're username and password.