Abstract
The importance of the internet, and its capability to facilitate information-, and knowledge sharing is ever-increasing. This trend, increases the importance of the foundational technical applications in cyberspace. However, some of the technology applications, like the web cookie, which is a small data file used to cache website attributes, are being used in ways, not intended initially, thus enabling controversy in its use, as it pertains to the tracking of personal information, for example. In this project, we will examine how the web cookie technology is facilitating surveillance capitalis
