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Old 03-23-2024, 04:57 PM   #1
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Question Does using wget to download an .html page include associated cookies?


I am just wondering if the command line offers fewer privacy intrusions.
 
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From the wget man page:

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--no-cookies

Disable the use of cookies. Cookies are a mechanism for maintaining server-side state. The server sends the client a cookie using the "Set-Cookie" header, and the client responds with the same cookie upon further requests. Since cookies allow the server owners to keep track of visitors and for sites to exchange this information, some consider them a breach of privacy. The default is to use cookies; however, storing cookies is not on by default.

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