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Originally Posted by notinmybackyard
forgive an old pornographer. But what is cookie stuffing ?
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having a go here , but not 100% sure myself.
when you visit websites, through affiliate links for example, cookies get stored on your computer so you can be tracked if you purchase something and the affiliate can be credited with a sale.
What cookie stuffers do is post on forums and other sites to overwrite old existing cookies with theirs, so instead of the affiliate legitimately getting the sale the cookie stuffer got it.
For example in someones signature on this vbulletin forum the use of html is allowed, people can inject some code so if anyone visits a thread where the cookie stuffer posted then that cookie gets inserted automatically literally just by visiting the thread.