But beacause cookies may track your activities on the Web in ways that violate your privacy, you should control the information they share. Your browser comes with some builted in defenses, but you may want to try some of the cookie-manager utilities listed on this page. One alternative is to use an anonymous remailer. These systems either give you an anonymous address, to which other people can send you mail, which is then forwarded to your real address, or they post or mail your message without any trace of the sender's name or address. While the general attitude his hard to change, many ways exist to enhance your privacy online.
Internet privacy is regarded a lot less normal.
Messages are sent as clear text, so that everyone with a little knowledge can read them, and there is no built-in way to prevent someone else from forging something in your name, so that you can't prove it wasn't you. Even worse, data on your own hard disk can be examined by everyone who has access to your office or room. When dealing with computers, security and privacy are together. Information stored on your own computer is not protected. Unless you already taken steps to protect your data, anyone can read all files on your computer.