What are HTTP cookies?
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Open your wallet. See a cookie in there? I do.Cookies are a way for a website to store information in your browser.gift idea for the web enthusiast in your lifeCookies in my wallet?? ?Yes, your ID is like a cookie! ?The government (issuer) provides an ID (cookie) that you store in your wallet (web browser’s storage) and take with you everywhere you go (the world is your web browser/oyster).Your ID can be used to board an airplane (request): the TSA agent will verify the validity of your ID to ensure it was provided by the government (issuer) and wasn’t forged or altered (authorization tokens are verified for validity/alteration as well). They’ll ensure you match the picture in the ID and that the name matches the ticket (authentication — “who you are”), if there are no issues you’ll be allowed (...)
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