G'day Bob

18 Apr 04 22:06, Bob Lawrence wrote to John Tserkezis:

 BL>  I know what a *real* cookie does... what worries me is what a virus
 BL> masquerading as a cookie *might* do. The sender is able to download a
 BL> file into a known area on your hard drive, and access it later. 
 BL> Jeeze! Doesn't that worry you?

Not at all. The "sender" requests your browser to store some
data, or asks your browser to retrieve and return  that data. The sender
has no control over the storage method, or location of the data.
[...]
 BL>  Okay. How about I'm a respected site (like Borland), and I send you
 BL> a trojan cookie. And then I decide that it's time to wipe all the
 BL> Borland free programs past their use-by (because some bastard has
 BL> cracked the codes). Now, when you update I activate my "cookie" and
 BL> wipe your hard drive of the pirated software. Is that enough specific 
 BL> "somethign else" for you?

How would you "activate" this cookie if I'm not using your vesion
of a browser?

Regards,
David

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