Dissapearing cookies

I'm having issues with my cookies randomly dissapearing every couple weeks.
Its not 'just one or two websites' it will be the full fleet of them.
One day i'll be logged onto a dozen websites, then the next day i'll have to relog THEM ALL... somewhat of a major inconvenience, having to reinput things like my bank info, a dozen website logins various passwords for safety and remembering all the logins.
I'm not using any 'cookie' cleaner like C cleaner. My antivirus and anti malware are not touching them cus I can still access sites without logging in, after running them... just it seems completely random.
I'm 'pretty' sure its not a setting in firefox that I have changed (since I've checked every setting that i've tried) and they still are randomly dissapearing. Very annoying to go to watch a movie on netflix and have to get my roommate to punch inthe password again because they refuse to tell me it.
It doesn't loose the information... like it saves all my 'email addresses' etc for login MOST of the time... but it randomly unlogs me from all the websites.
IS there any way to disable that or fix it?

My privacy settings was already set to remember history. It remembers things like login names and all that.
while I was unaware of the 'firefox updating' every 6 weeks but it 'may' be that long between dissapearences... sometimes it seems only 2 or 3 weeks.
I haven't 'watched' the cookie manager, to watch the cookies etc, just know that randomly every single website that I am logged into, will just all at once all be logged out at the same time and i gotta relog into them when i get on in the morning.
The only 3 'cleaning' software I have on my comp is Malaware, avast, and Ccleaner which i haven't run in 3 months (really need to).
Its kinda irritating me which is why I finally came to ask you guys, hoping you guys had some 'clue' as to what was going on.

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Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache. In order to try to fix these problems, the first step is to clear both cookies and the cache.
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#From the details list, check ''Cache'' and ''Cookies'' and uncheck everything else.
#Now click the ''Clear now'' button.
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Can't seem to Remove Cookies and Website Data

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My Loops dissapeared from my browser, I guess I must of clicked on something without realising what the consequences were/are (LOL). When I click on the Loop browser it just tells me it can't find them and asks me to re-install them!
I (of course) can see them in my audio folder (home/library/audio/apple loops .... and all the other stuff apple loops index etc) so I assume you don't need to re-install. However, how do I get them back into my Garage band - and later I hope into Logic which is what I more often use.
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joesh2 wrote:
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How do you stop unauthorized cookies from appearing in Safari?

Hi ,
I'm using Safari 5.1.10 and system 10.6.8. I've gotten all the security downloads available, but I seem to having issues with unauthorized cookies appearing. These seem to appear even though I've not visited their websites, and have Safari set to accept cookies from only sites I've visited.
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Hi,
I've investigated this phenomena of UNauthorized Cookies a bit more in the past few days and found their cause and uses goes very deep down the internet rabbit hole. While most browsers allow the user to delete cookies, or to block cookies from third parties, third parties may place cookies or "cookie equivalents" on your computer through a large variety of back doors. The most pernicious type of such cookie is euphemistically called a "Zombie Cookie" or a "supercookie".
These may reside in a number of places either in your own computer or remotely on the web. Deleting zombie cookies or supercookies is generally ineffective, because they are reinstalled in your browser, or worse, just exchange information with your browser withouth leaving a trail of cookie crumbs, the next time you get online. Some of these zombie cookies are not browser specific, so they can be accessed through all browsers on your computer.
The reason that you may never have heard of supercookies, and the reason they are so hard to find and get rid of, is that their deployment is deliberately sneaky and designed to evade detection and deletion. This means that most people who think they have cleared their computers of tracking objects have likely not. The European Union has recently taken action to make illegal the emplacement of "non-essential" cookies on your computer, but the United States, being less concerned about your personal privacy, and more concerned about making it easy for companies (and the government) to eavesdrop, has not.
The following is a list ( probably incomplete) where zombie cookies may be hiding on your computer:
Standard HTTP cookies
Storing cookies in and reading out web history
Storing cookies in HTTP ETags
Internet Explorer userData storage (starting IE9, userData is no longer supported)
HTML5 Session Storage
HTML5 Local Storage
HTML5 Global Storage
HTML5 Database Storage via SQLite
Storing cookies in RGB values of auto-generated, force-cached PNGs using HTML5 Canvas tag to read pixels (cookies) back out
Local Shared Objects
Silverlight Isolated Storage
Cookie syncing scripts that function as a cache cookie and respawn the MUID cookie[4]
If a user is not able to remove the cookie from every one of these data stores then the cookie will be recreated to all of these stores on the next visit to the site that uses that particular cookie, or in some cases, just the next visit to the internet, even though you may have barred 3rd party cookies from being emplaced in your browser. Every company has their own implementation of zombie cookies and most are kept proprietary, although an open-source implementation of zombie cookies, called Evercookie,[5] is available and commonly used.
One such common type of supercookie is called Local shared objects (LSOs), or more commonly Flash cookies (due to their similarities with HTTP cookies), are pieces of data that websites which use Adobe Flash may store on a user's computer. Local shared objects are used by all versions of Adobe Flash Player and version 6 and above of Macromedia's now-obsolete Flash Player.[1]
It is possible to see who is using Flash cookies on your computer, (and remove them) by going to the adobe website storage settings panel : (http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_man ager07.html). This takes you to a settings manager figure. This Settings Manager figure that you see on this page is not an image; it is the actual Settings Manager for your computer. Click the tabs to see different panels, and click the options in the panels to change your Adobe Flash Player settings.
So far, I have not been able to find a method of removing or inhibiting zombie cookies that use HTML5 local or global storage locations. Some browsers may provide such power, but Apple Safari apparently does not.
For more information on supercookies see:
https://www.bestvpn.com/blog/8177/super-cookies-flash-cookies/
There are some ways to reduce your load of unwanted cookies and local storage type cookies using extensions such as AdBlock or Disconnect, But I've tried some of these and it doesn't seem to stop very many of them, even though the Disconnect extension is said to block over 2000 of these types of cookies.
For those who are trying to ride under the radar by using some of these extensions or software blockers, be aware that use of these may actually make you more visible because of browser fingerprinting. Whenever you visit a website your browser sends data to the server hosting that site. This data includes basic information, including the browser name, operating system, and exact version number of the browser. This information is known as passive browser fingerprint because it happens automatically. However websites when blocked, can also easily install other types of scripts that ask for additional information, such as a list of all installed fonts and plugins, supported data types (so-called MIME types), screen resolution, system colors and much more. Because this information has to be solicited from your browser, it is known as active fingerprinting. Taken altogether, the various fingerprint attributes can be almost instantly (it takes just a few milliseconds to run algorithms that compare millions of fingerprints) combined to create a unique fingerprint that can be used to very accurately identify an individual user, no matter if cookies have been deleted or IP address changed between website visits.
For an article on browser fingerprinting, See : https://www.bestvpn.com/blog/8159/browsers-fingerprint-reduce/
The bottom line is that if you use the internet, your browser history is being tracked by a myriad of companies and government agents, and it is likely not possible to stop this. For those who work in science, industry or government and are working on sensitive topics or novel product development that another company or government may find interesting, there appears to be many ways to recreate what you are working on by studying your browser history, or installing worms to view exactly what you are writing or reading. It came as somewhat of a shock to me to see just how pervasive internet spying has become, and it's not just malicious or destrustive agents who are doing so. Google didn't become a $350 billion company by simply bringing nice toys to us to play with. The real value of the internet comes from the trade and sale of secretly obtained personal information from you and I and everyone else, and its sale to all who will pay for it.

Is there a way to delete only cookies in safari 5.1?

Is there a way to delete only cookies in safari 5.1?
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Is there any way to delete JUST/SOLEY the cookies that the browser stores?

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Recently I asked for some help but I think my request has got lost.
I had beenadvised to save the cookies I want to keep but this is beyond me.
My question is how do I find the cookie I want to keep? It is a cookie for an ebook and I have no idea what it is.
Will deleting all other cookies mean that it will also delete my passwords and log ins on several sites? I don't want this to happen.
Which brings me to the last point - You say that if I list exceptions to cookies I want to keep (at least I think that is what you mean), how do I find all those cookies?
Again, sorry for troubling you but until I can find out more about the cookies, I don't want to delete these in case I delete the wrong ones, such as the ebook.
Thank you cor-el. I do appreciate your advice...enormously.
Anthony

Dear Sir,
Thank you so much for the above. It will be of great help in telling me where to go. But my problem is that if I can find cookies, I don't know which ones I want to keep. Are they labelled with the sites they refer to? If so that will help me. Apart from one which is the cookie I need to get to my online ebook, I guess there are cookies for the various passwords I have saved?
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I would like to be able to have any cookie I choose to accept on a given website be deleated as soon as I leave or close that website so that my surfing does not get tracked from site to site. I don't see an option for that. Is any one working on that?

I don't want my surfing to tracked from site to site.
Some sites require cookies be turned on in order to access the data I want or to perform a transaction.
Right now, I have Firefox set to not accept cookies until I run into a site that requires cookies be accepted.
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I will then be surfing along and occasionally check what cookies have been placed. There may be several placed I did not know were placed. I assume my surfing has been being tracked and I don't like that as a point of privacy.
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Rod,
Since you're a confessed geek with some actual coding chops, I'm sure you'll understand the hair I'm about to split here. Hang on a moment while I grab my axe...
Even with your page jumps, the cookie isn't doing anything. It's just a text file named after a snack. What's causing your page to jump, browsers to redirect, and the moon to shift its gravitational field three degrees to the north is the code in the web page that's being loaded. True, it may look in the text file to see what IP address to report to, but the connection, handshaking, transfer of data and powering up of lasers are all on your web page (or the server side code being executed on its behalf). The cookie is little more than a poorly dressed informant hanging out on the street corner waiting to pass along tidbits of information when the right person asks. Doesn't exactly make it a savory character (name notwithstanding), but it's a harmless one nonetheless. If it's evil you seek, you'll find it in the web site, not the cookie. And that's why I never understood the religious fervor against cookies.
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Of course, browsers got hip to this years ago, and now the default security settings for ActiveX are to not install automatically, or at least to query the user first. Or, as it's configured on my machine, feel free to install if you can make it past this shotgun pointed at your head. Maybe that's why there's not as much of a flap about ActiveX as there is about cookies. Because they're truly dangerous, the browser community took it seriously.and now only someone with a death wish allows a web page to install an ActiveX component.
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Has anyone read something that Apple knows of this issue?
Since installing Safari 5.1, I have done the last security update as well.
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The "always allow" button is grayed out in settings regarding cookies, and I can not find where to change the setting. (Restrictions are not on.) Do you know where I go to change the setting to allow me to "always allow" cookies?

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If you are having issues turning on Always Allow for cookies in Safari on your iPad, you may want to check to make sure that you don't have Private Browsing enabled, as noted in the following article:
Turn Private Browsing on or off on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
Regards,
- Brenden

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