What are the drawbacks of cookies?

1.	What are the drawbacks of cookies?
Answer» Cookies will continue to be an effective TOOL for the FORESEEABLE future, but they have some drawbacks. Capacity limitations: Cookies are limited to about 4 KB of data, which is not large, although we can create more than 30 cookies per SITE. (The actual maximum limit depends on which browsers you are targeting; the AVERAGE is between 30 and 50.) Overhead: Every cookie is sent with each HTTP request/response made, regardless of whether the values are needed. This is often true EVEN for requests for static content (such images, css files, and js files), which can create heavier-than-necessary HTTP messages.

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Cookies will continue to be an effective TOOL for the FORESEEABLE future, but they have some drawbacks.

Capacity limitations: Cookies are limited to about 4 KB of data, which is not large, although we can create more than 30 cookies per SITE. (The actual maximum limit depends on which browsers you are targeting; the AVERAGE is between 30 and 50.)
Overhead: Every cookie is sent with each HTTP request/response made, regardless of whether the values are needed. This is often true EVEN for requests for static content (such images, css files, and js files), which can create heavier-than-necessary HTTP messages.

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