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What is the difference between a cookie and spyware?
What is the difference between a cookie and spyware?
Although cookies allow a website to track how a website visitor uses that website (such as remembering log-in details and items clicked on), they cannot actually track everything you do in the way that spyware can. Spyware has the ability to track your search history, and some can even access hardware like your webcam. As text files, cookies cannot harm your device in any way, but if your device is subject to a cyberattack, a hacker could gain access to the information stored in your cookies, which could then be used in a harmful way.
