Trains.com software

Some of you might notice they have done something with their software. It all the cookies are cleared in your PC, when you are in the Forums and login, they take you to another page and you have to find your way back to the Forums.

What I do because I always clear All Cookies when closing the Browser, I login, I get the other page, go back a page and login again. I am then in the forums. A little faster.

You all have to realize that Trains.com is tracking your cookies.

Below is a link to the subject of Third Party Cookies so you can get an idea of how sites track everything you do.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie

I would at least not allow third party cookies.

Most of you are not aware that Macromedia stores Flash Cookies in your PC which are not part of your Browser. Do a search for Flash Cookies and read on.

Like Mission Impossible, this message will probably disappear quickly. [:)]

Rich

I had chocolate chip cookie for dessert after supper. Yum!

Rich, this is very old news. Trains.com hasn’t “done something” to their software. In the first place, sites do not “track your cookies” - [%-)] There are “cookies”, and there are “tracking cookies”. Trains.com has always used login cookies. Many, if not most sites which require logins use cookies to recognize you when you go to the site again. These are not tracking cookies. They do not track what you do. They are simply identification, for your own convenience. And the only time the Flash cookies might be a problem is if you’re watching kiddie porn, in which case you deserve whatever you get.

There is nothing wrong with cookies, per se. Tracking cookies, however, which are