evercookie
nounEtymology From ever + cookie.
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Internet A special kind of HTTP cookie that is especially resistant to deletion by the user.
- A breed of cookie known as evercookie writes data to multiple locations to make it next to impossible ever to remove it completely (http://samy.pl/evercookie/).2014, Emmett Dulaney, Chuck Easttom, CompTIA Security+ Study Guide: SY0-401:
- Related terms
- supercookie