Following up on the Cookie Crumbles Contest
Posted by Erica George
The finalist videos from the Cookie Crumbles contest are taking flight in the blogosphere, helping to educate internet users on just what web cookies actually are, and where we should (and shouldn’t) be concerned.
You can now see the grand prize winner, Clayton Miller’s “Cookies,” the Audience Choice winner, Justin & Kristin Schaack’s “Got Cookies?,” and the other three finalist videos on the contest homepage. You can view all the videos entered to the contest at our YouTube group.
You can also see all the finalist videos featured on Google’s newly created YouTube privacy channel. The channel will be a new way for Google users to learn about the privacy aspects of Google’s products.
As CNet’s Anne Broache notes, Google (besides being a sponsor of both StopBadware and the contest) itself relies on cookies. Broache blogs that both those concerned about user privacy and the companies that employ cookies can benefit from increased public understanding of how cookies really work.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s post on the contest includes some useful resources of its own, linking to a how-to on disabling cookies.
Finally, contest judge and Washington Post reporter Rob Pegoraro offers an inside view of what the contest was like from a judge’s seat.
Again, StopBadware and the Berkman Center congratulate all our finalists, and extend a sincere thank-you to everyone who participated in the contest. We hope this will become the first of many video efforts in users educating other users about security online.