Zombie cookie
ConceptComputing
A tracking cookie designed to resist deletion by users.
1.00Common
Common
Zombie cookie
- Computing
A zombie cookie is data used to track users while they browse websites. Like a regular HTTP cookie, it is created by a web server and placed on a user's computer or other device through the web browser. It can be stored in multiple locations, allowing it to be recreated if not all copies are removed. It may continue recreating deleted cookies even when a user has opted not to receive cookies.
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- Subclass of
- HTTP cookie
- Primary use
- Tracking users
- Deletion resistance
- Can be recreated from copies in multiple locations
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Zombie cookie (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q8073776
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- AI-generated illustration. Not a photograph or documentary image. (model: gpt-image-2.5-flare)
- Popularity
- 11 median daily views (Wikimedia Pageviews API (all-access, user agent))
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