Think of cookies as a token-pass. Every time you visit a website, you’re issued with a token so that your computer knows you’ve been there before. They’re quite useful because they store some basic information that helps to speed things up when browsing the Internet. However, some websites like to give you tokens with tracking-beacons in them, and whenever you go about your business on the internet, your tracking-beacon is sending information back to the website it originally came from. It’s never nice to be spied upon, so keep your cookies restricted. To do this in Safari, go to “Safari > Preferences”, click on the “Security” tab and then select one of three options under “Accept Cookies:.” I usually keep mine set at “Only from sites you navigate to”, because I know the ones I navigate to are safe.

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