Cookies and Web browser design

Lynette I. Millett, Batya Friedman, Edward Felten
2001 Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems - CHI '01  
We first provide criteria for assessing informed consent online. Then we examine how cookie technology and Web browser designs have responded to concerns about informed consent. Specifically, we document relevant design changes in Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer over a 5-year period, starting in 1995. Our retrospective analyses leads us to conclude that while cookie technology has improved over time regarding informed consent, some startling problems remain. We specify six of these
more » ... lems and offer design remedies. This work fits within the emerging field of Value-Sensitive Design.
doi:10.1145/365024.365034 dblp:conf/chi/MillettFF01 fatcat:264y2e33jzgtzkrd67mmqu2khm