What Identity Protector Does - McAfee INTERNET SECURITY 5.0 Manual

What Identity Protector Does

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, configure your settings to always accept
cookies from sites that you visit directly; and to always block cookies from
sites that you haven't visited directly.
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.
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 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.
If more than one person is using your computer, make sure that you create a
McAfee Internet Security password. If the person using your computer
doesn't enter the McAfee Internet Security password, it automatically replaces
any protected personal information sent to an unsecure site with the text,
"xxxx." For example, if your child tries to order an item online without
entering your McAfee Internet Security password, it replaces your credit card
number with xxxx xxxx xxxx."
Identity Protector offers three optional responses whenever an application
tries to send out information over the Internet to an unsecure site:
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Let the information go out.
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Then choose this option.
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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.
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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.
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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 the Browser Buddy.
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