Microsoft awarded patent for Super Cookie

[iago]

It sounds tasty, but having a permenant cookie is rather scary:

A new Microsoft patent is causing a little heartburn in some quarters, but the patent for a so-called "super cookie," may have come so long after Microsoft's application that it's been superceded by newer technologies.

U.S. Patent 7,039,699, or '699, will provide developers with a permanent cookie that can contain bits, counters, dates and strings and can be accessed via an API that can be called from JavaScript, ASP and VBScript.

It's what can be done with the cookie that has some people sensing an invasion of privacy.

More:
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3604321

[Sidoh]

I wonder if that means it's a huge cookie?  I love cookies... mmmm.

But seroiusly, why the hell would they do that?  It seems too easy to exploit.

[ZeroX]

Exploit Cookies. Damn sounds good...

[MyndFyre]

WTF?  I'm going to sue Microsoft.  I've been setting cookies to expire in 2033 forever.  That infringes on my intellectual property.