RSSGoogle Cookies Expire Sooner, If You Stop Visiting
By the Betanews Staff | Published July 17, 2007, 11:36 AM
Google has thrown another bone to critics of its privacy practices, announcing it would no longer set cookies to expire in the year 2038. Now, Google will set cookies to expire two years after a user last visits the site, with the expiration date auto-renewing to two years after each visit.
The search giant says the decision to make the cookies renew is so that users would not have to re-enter their basic preferences. Google does not require visitors to log in to store search preferences, using cookies to retain the data. The move follows a recent announcement that Google would anonymize its server search logs -- including IP addresses and cookie IDs -- after 18 months.
How long does other companies store cookies? If Google renews for two years after each log on and one keeps logging on to Google they would never delete ones cookies.
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I delete my cookies after every google session for I use gmail I do my work turn then cookies off. Well I'm still seeing a 2038 expiration date on the new ones. Can google even be trusted any more or have their egos taken over.
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It's still the best if you completely turn off cookies for Google.
At that, turn off cookies for anything else as well except for the sites where you must have cookies (e.g. online shopping). Even there though, you should use temporary cookies which are deleted when you close the browser.
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I agree I do not use google I was doing good before they came along.
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Now Who in the world will keep a 2007 computer running till 2038 What in the world r U all thinking mine is 4 years old, Runs Great but somethings don't work as fast since it need Better Mother board , chip etc. DUH!
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if you migrate profiles, those cookies follow you.
I recomend a purge of cookies at least once a year (I do it monthly, more out of habit that anything else)
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The 2038 is due to the largest 32-bit date integer. It's the undertaken by setting a 'no-expire' cookie.
Google is one of many, many sites that do it.
The two years will be in affect on ALL google cookies... including existing ones... once they hit a google site between now and ... 2038!
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I wonder tho , what happens to customers who are still logged in with the cookies that expire in 2038 , will they be overwritten , or what ?????
Regards,
~X~
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I see the need to keep a cookie to keep the users settings... but the year 2038? Holy Cow Batman!
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As someone mentioned above, it's equal to 'no time limit' as 32bit integers = 2038 as a maximum.
There's a wiki article about it somewhere.
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I still sort of wonder why would you need to delete cookies from google. It's not as if there's any virus on the cookie...
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I just delete all cookies daily, end of problem.
use crapcleaner, its your friend...
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Or just do what I do--block cookies from google altogether. Gmail has its own separate .com name too, so it'll still work :)
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How about to set it to 3 months from last visit?
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How about 1 SECOND after last visit???
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Because that would be pretty damn pointless?
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Sorta like most of the posts...
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Yup.
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