Google services reduces cookies lifetime to 2 years

Today google announced that now they will reduce the lifetime of a cookie which is stored on your computer while you visit Google. Earlier it was set to expire in 2038 but now will expire in two years of from last accessed time.

The people , who however visits google regularly shall get their cookies renewed automatically. Google call it a step further to protect privacy of Google users after announcing the step to anonymize their server after 18 months.

What are cookies

Cookies are small piece of information residing in a file on your computer whenever you visit certain sites which need to keep track of your preferences so that next time you visit a site, you can see it as the way you set it last time. You can delete them manually anytime.

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