Editorial: That’s a bit cheeky, Microsoft!
10. April 2015
Many users of Microsoft operating systems just tend to set their updates to ‘automatic’, or click install on anything ‘recommended’ or ‘important’ without looking what
Many users of Microsoft operating systems just tend to set their updates to ‘automatic’, or click install on anything ‘recommended’ or ‘important’ without looking what
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | 11 months | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". |
| DSID | 1 hour | To note specific user identity. Contains hashed/encrypted unique ID. |
| PHPSESSID | This cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie is used to store and identify a users' unique session ID for the purpose of managing user session on the website. The cookie is a session cookies and is deleted when all the browser windows are closed. | |
| viewed_cookie_policy | 11 months | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
| viewed_cookie_policy | 1 hour | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| pid | 1 year | Helps users identify the users and lets the users use twitter related features from the webpage they are visiting. |
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| YSC | This cookies is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos. |
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| GPS | 30 minutes | This cookie is set by Youtube and registers a unique ID for tracking users based on their geographical location |
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ATN | 2 years | The cookie is set by atdmt.com. The cookies stores data about the user behavior on multiple websites. The data is then used to serve relevant advertisements to the users on the website. |
| bsc | The cookies is set by ownerIQ for the purpose of providing relevant advertisement | |
| everest_session_v2 | This cookie is used to display personalized and relevant ads to the users and measure the efficiency of the ad campaign. | |
| mc | 1 year | This cookie is associated with Quantserve to track anonymously how a user interact with the website. |
| NID | 6 months | This cookie is used to a profile based on user's interest and display personalized ads to the users. |
| pxrc | 1 month | The purpose of the cookie is to identify a visitor to serve relevant advertisement. |
| rlas3 | 11 months | The cookie is set by rlcdn.com. The cookie is used to serve relevant ads to the visitor as well as limit the time the visitor sees an and also measure the effectiveness of the campaign. |
| test_cookie | 15 minutes | This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the users' browser supports cookies. |
| uuid | 2 months | To optimize ad relevance by collecting visitor data from multiple websites such as what pages have been loaded. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 5 months | This cookie is set by Youtube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website. |