The scripts can be compiled into standalone executables. A review of the Microsoft IE 6.0 beta. Sites that serve cookies can obtain a security rating cookie, based on their published security policies, The new IE 6 will then use the site's security rating to evaluate the level of risk, and decide how to handle the cookie offered by the site. What this means essentially, is that new method takes the decision of how to handle cookies away from the user, and puts it BACK in the cookie-server's hands. I think this issue is more complex than it appears at first glance.
Cookies offer overarching benefits.
Other people profess a great distrust of cookies and cookie-servers. Neither do I do anything to restrict most of the cookies I'm served. If I disable my cookies, I lose all customization features at web sites. I just purchased three books, and, after four years of being a customer, I am still surprised at how easy it is, and how much feedback I get to assure me that my order is being processed safely and correctly. How different my experience would have been without my Amazon cookies.