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Google's immortal cookie:
Google was the first search engine to use a cookie that expires in
2038. This was at a time when federal websites were prohibited
from using persistent cookies altogether. Now it's years later, and
immortal cookies are commonplace among search engines;
Google set the standard because no one bothered to challenge them.
This cookie places a unique ID number on your hard disk. Anytime
you land on a Google page, you get a Google cookie if you don't
already have one.... Continue reading ...
