How to Clear Cookies and Why You Should Do It?

You probably come across cookies every time you visit a website. But what exactly are cookies and how to clear them?

When cookies were invented, they were little documents containing information about you and your preferences. For instance, imagine selecting a certain language for a website you'd visit, you tell the website that you’d like to view your website in English. The website would then save that information to a little document on your computer.

The next time you'd visit that website, it would be able to read the cookie it saved earlier. That way, the website could remember your language and let you view the website in English without you having to select your language again until you clear it out.

A cookie can contain any kind of information. Like the time you visited a website, the items you add to your basket on Amazon. It can even contain sensitive data, like passwords, and credit card information. That’s why you need to know how to clear cookies.

Why You Should Clear Cookies

Cookies are really useful. They enhance the user experience while surfing websites. But, like any other technology, it’s not impossible that some bad guys out there would use them for bad purposes, and here comes the role of the third-party cookies.

In most cases, first-party cookies (cookies that are directly stored by the website you visit.) are safe.

Third-party cookies, on the other hand, might be troublesome since they don’t come from the same website that the user is currently surfing. Instead, they are generated by other websites.

How to Clear Cookies

As a general rule, you’ll go to your respective “Settings” and “Privacy” tabs, and then clear the cookies in your website browsing data and history. In addition, to clear your cache, you can customize which cookies you will clear based on a specific time range and other options. Here’s an example of how to clear cookies in Chrome:

• On your computer, open Chrome.
• At the top right, click  More.
• Click  More tools  and then  Clear browsing data.
• At the top, choose a time range. 
• Check the boxes next to "Cookies and other site data" and "Cached images and files".
• Click  Clear data.

To learn more about how to clear cookies in other browsers like Safari and Firefox you can check their support site for comprehensive instructions.

How to Protect Your Device Against Cyber Threats

There are 3 main threats that you need to pay attention to when you want to protect your device: stealing credentials, unsecured internet connection, and malware threats.  

The MonoDefense bundle will provide you with all the necessary protection against these threats. It offers you VPN Unlimited, Passwarden, DNS Firewall, and Smart DNS. Here is how they work.

VPN Unlimited

A VPN is software that encrypts your internet traffic. Internet traffic encryption means that no one can figure out what you’re doing, what websites are you visiting, or even your ISP.

VPN Unlimited provides you with a large pool of servers that has more than 3000 servers across the world. This will give many benefits, including: 

• You can bypass any online geo-restricted content.
• You can play online games safely since gaming online exposes your IP address to everyone.
• You can get better deals on shopping platforms.
• You can protect yourself against DDoS attacks since these attacks rely on IP addresses.

You can read more about VPN Unlimited from here!

Passwarden

Passwarden is a password manager that saves your passwords and other important data for you in a secure and encrypted way. The average person has around 100 passwords. Putting in mind that security experts suggest that you should change your passwords at least every few months, this is a lot of work to do! 

The problem doesn’t end with changing your passwords, because you’ll need to remember them all. 

With Passwarden, no one will know your passwords, even us! We follow a clear Zero-knowledge policy, which means that we don’t know anything about your credentials. Even if a hacker intercepts your data all that he’ll see are strange symbols because Passwarden stores passwords in an encrypted way.

All you need to remember is one Master password. And to make things even more secure, our software has the Two-factor authentication feature. You don’t only need to enter your Master Password, but additionally, you’ll have to enter another password that we’ll send to your phone or your email. 

Passwarden has many other features that you can read about here!

DNS Firewall

DNS Firewall protects you in real-time against malicious websites and domains while surfing the internet. DNS Firewall will evaluate the hostname and the IP address of the website and compare it with a block list of known threatening websites before letting you in.

SmartDNS

Smart DNS allows you to watch any blocked content at high speed since it doesn’t affect your internet connection. 

You might ask: what differentiates SmartDNS from a VPN? Well, SmartDNS unblocks only websites and streamings that are needed to be unblocked. That’s why it’s called SmartDNS.

Conclusion

Whether you’re an individual or a business, online protection is as important as real-life protection. Taking action in advance will let you live with peace of mind and not worry whether your data has been stolen. The MonoDefense bundle will help you achieve this and protect all aspects of your online existence.