Why Should I Change My Cookie Blocker Settings; What Identity Protector Does - McAfee GUARD DOG 2 User Manual

Why should I change my Cookie Blocker settings?

If you want a good level of privacy protection without having to see any
Cookie Blocker alert messages, use the recommended settings—always accept
cookies from sites that you visit directly and decide on a case-by-case basis
whether to accept cookies coming from sites that you haven't visited directly.
You may want to change your settings under the following circumstances:
If you
Want the least number of
cookies set and highest
assurance of privacy.
Always want to know when
cookies are sent.
Are not concerned at all about
cookies.

What Identity Protector does

It is easy to forget that when you send information over the Internet, it doesn't
go directly from your computer to the computer that is storing the Web page
information. Instead, the information can pass through many computers
before it reaches its final destination.
Identity Protector can keep your software from sending any personal
information that you specify out over the Internet to an unsecure site.
Although you don't have to worry about a site when it using a secure
connection, there are many Web sites that use a secure connection only when
dealing with credit card transactions. (For more information, see "Privacy on
the Web" on page 62.)
Table 5-2.
Use this option
Reject for both Direct Sites and Indirect Sites.
If a site requires you to accept a cookie, you can
change this setting temporarily to Prompt.
Prompt for both Direct Sites and Indirect Sites.
Be prepared to respond to a large number of
alert messages.
After you respond to the Cookie Blocker alert
message, you won't see additional alert
messages for that site.
Either turn off Cookie Blocker or change the
Indirect Sites setting to Accept.
You should choose the second method if you
want to keep a total of the cookies added to
your PC, which you can view in Browser
Buddy.
Privacy Features
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