cssVarFilledCookiesjs

Cookies, or the act of storing data client-side can be an interesting concept. Unfortunately, it has been used and abused by sending the locally stored data to a server. Most of the time, the cookies are filled with a user token, while the actual data is stored server-side. This centralized misuse of the cookies is rotting the internet, either serving the purpose of tracking a shopping card state, or identifying someone across websites for targeted advertisements.

cssVarFilledCookies.js is released under CC4r license, code and documentation available at this adress → git.vvvvvvaria.org/clemtre/cssVarFilledCookies.js

From the french wikipedia article about cookies, the first public written occurrence of the term “cookies” to describe data stored client side from a browser dates to an article from the financial times of 1996, the article is called This bug in your PC is a smart cookie and is archived here :

Financial Times · 1996/02/12 · txt
Financial Times · 1996/02/12 · pdf