Are cookies programs that websites put on your hard disk? Also, do they sit on your computer to gather information about you and everything you do on the Internet?

False-a cookie, also known as an http cookie, web cookie, or browser cookie, is used for an origin website to send state information to a users browser and for the browser to return the state information to the origin site. the state information can be used for authentication, identification of a user session, users preferences, shopping cart contents, or anything else that can be accomplished through storing text data on the users computer.cookies cannot be programmed, cannot carry viruses, and cannot install malware on the host computer. however, they can be used by spyware to track users browsing activitiesa major privacy concern that prompted european and us law makers to take action. cookies can also be stolen by hackers to gain access to a victims web account.