What are “cookies” and why do I need them to log in to AVweb?
A cookie is a small text file stored on your computer’s hard drive that tells the AVweb server you’re logged in and should be given access to all our members-only content. It’s perfectly harmless and merely keeps you from having to enter your login and password for every page where it’s needed. Our cookies are not session-specific and remain on your computer until you either (a) log out of AVweb using the Log Out option in the upper right of all AVweb pages or (b) empty all cookies from your browser. A new cookie will be created automatically when you log in again. Our cookies do no gather any personal information, nor do they transfer any information about your computer or browsing to the AVweb server. All they do is provide you quick access to members-only areas of the site once you’re logged in. In an effort to make AVweb easy to use, our login cookies have no expiration date. This means that you can (in theory, at least) log in to AVweb once on your home computer and never have to
