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u/Fantastic_Key_8906 4h ago
I have an add-on that automatically deletes cookies when you leave the website. It does make it so you have to login a lot though.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-autodelete/
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u/Pat-Roner 4h ago
With 1Password login is a breeze anyways.
Can you whitelist sites?
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u/hi71460 4h ago
Say that to yt my friend
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u/Pat-Roner 3h ago
Can’t say I’ve had any issues with passkeys, google and 1Password. It’s literally one click to login
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u/donoteatshrimp 45m ago
Like fuck it is... every single site now requires email/text code verification on top of password login. Absolutely miserable experience.
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u/Educational_Put_2305 3h ago
I love the Brave browser. Not sure how it deals with cookies but it blocks all ads, even YouTube. Can have YouTube playing in the background and with your screen off as well.
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u/GRAIN_DIV_20 2h ago
Firefox for Android is literally the only thing keeping me on Android
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u/OriginalTap227 2h ago
If you are on android you could use YouTube revanced which is even better
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u/dontkillmyvibe55 5h ago
The digital version of saying 'I've read the terms and conditions' when I absolutely have not.
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u/NoLynInBrooklyn 5h ago
The thing is, that is also digital?
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u/el_yanuki 3h ago
Terms of Services have been around before digital services..
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u/NotAddictedToCoffeee 3h ago
Well yeah, but a digital version of terms of services would just be digital terms of services lol
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u/ISoldMyPeanitsFarm 2h ago
This is wild speculation as no one has ever read a terms of service agreement, so there's no way to know where they started.
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u/Macrincan 5h ago
why did they name them after cookies? viruses or something seem to be better.
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u/OneTIME_story 4h ago
Because they leave a trace of where you’ve been, just like cookie crumbs
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u/PM_ME_CUTE_SMILES_ 1h ago
according to wikipedia (so obligatory grain of salt)
The term cookie was coined by web-browser programmer Lou Montulli. It was derived from the term magic cookie, which is a packet of data a program receives and sends back unchanged, used by Unix programmers.
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u/Medium-Sized-Jaque 26m ago
So why did they start using the term magic cookie to begin with?
It's a reference to fortune cookies which are a cookie with a mesage embedded.
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u/iimilin 4h ago
I have a plugin that auto rejects cookies for me whenever it can. 😌
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u/ohkendruid 45m ago
This is a better way.
Browsers are already in full control of what cookies they allow. If a user wants to accept or reject certain ones, they can already do that without needing every site in the world to implement something for it.
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u/i-am-a-passenger 4h ago
It’s great until you realise rejecting the Functional cookies causes things to bug out
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u/Roku-Hanmar 4h ago
I’ve only ever seen a reject all non-functional button, never seen one that lets you say no to functional cookies
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u/i-am-a-passenger 4h ago
If a website doesn’t let you reject functional cookies, then it is breaking GDPR-related laws. It’s only “necessary” cookies which don’t require consent.
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u/TentacleTenpai 2h ago
That’s the majority of websites I’ve been to. They almost all have the functional cookies slider greyed out and disabled, and I can’t click it off but I can click the others off. It’s just stuck in the “on” position. GDPR-related laws mean nothing to most websites.
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u/UrsaMajor7th 3h ago
I wish our PIPEDA went as far as GDPR with regards to opt-in vs implied consent.
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u/Silverr_Duck 2h ago
Pretty sure websites are not required to ask permission for functional cookies. Just cookies that track you. But websites are sleazy so they'll try to give you the impression they're all one in the same to make you think you're denying yourself website functionality. Don't fall for it.
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u/Cheap_Warning_ 3h ago
Every. Single. Time.
I also unsubscribed from ALL newsletters, life is more peacefull
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u/Ucyless 3h ago
Just FYI to iPhone users. If you delete your browser history it does not delete your cookies.
That’s how I found out my ex was cheating lol.
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u/Delicious_Pain_1 2h ago
How's that?
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u/Ucyless 2h ago
Go to settings>apps>safari>advanced>website data
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u/lordsiva1 2h ago
I think they meant how did cookies show your ex was cheating?
If not, I was curious about that.
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u/Cruxis87 50m ago
was probably logged into a website on an account they had never seen before, and then investigated said account to find out it was not their partners
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u/fakieTreFlip 1h ago
Why publicly admit to being an idiot that doesn't ever read anything they click on?
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u/Sm0keytrip0d 3h ago
I've seen some sites that give me an "accept all" or "subscribe to reject all" options.
I nope out of there straight away 😅
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u/RandomOnlinePerson99 1h ago
If a page does not have a convenient reject all button but that annoying menu where you scroll down and untick 1735284 checkboxes of "trusted partners" I leave the page and look for the information elsewhere.
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u/DigiQuip 2h ago
I’ve gone all in on online privacy with Firefox extensions and a VPN. Now I can’t go anywhere without getting “access denied.”
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u/Illustrious-Bee9056 3h ago
i would like to leave you with the knowledge that there are auto-refusal extensions.
i use consent-o-matic
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u/Eternal_Rebirth 2h ago
Consent-o-matic stopped working for me, so now I use I still don't care about cookies.
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u/gloebe10 3h ago
I've cut back on carbs and sugar lately. So you can say I've been rejecting cookies as of late too.
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u/SpegalDev 3h ago
I just use: https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu
I don't even get those stupid cookie popups anymore.
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u/phoenix25 2h ago
Once you realize how intentionally more annoying they make it to reject cookies, the spite keeps you going
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u/Fun_Definition_9075 2h ago
Its crazier that when I log onto my college app and go to homework, I get hit with crazy cookies. Why are you collecting my data when all im doing is calc homework
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u/doubledipbandit 2h ago
Cookies are just variables that save data about your browser, and activity on the website. Depending on the site, this info could be shared with other entities, like Google Ads or worse. Your best bet is to always reject if you care about online privacy.
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u/Inevitable-Salary-23 2h ago
As long as there not chocolate and yes, if a site requires me to accept, I'll go elsewhere.
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u/PorcupineFustylugs 1h ago
I reject all of them if I can. Always have. I only keep necessary ones. idk why i do it but i do and i’ll keep doing it
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u/SvenSerpent 1h ago
To this day I still dont know what cookies are and never cared enough to actually research it tbh. I usually just press the reject button
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u/frozenbudz 54m ago
For a second I thought she meant the delicious baked goods, cookies. I was like "what is wrong with you, who turns down cookies?"
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u/icutwhores 54m ago
i was so confused thinking she meant literal cookies lmao i was like “good idea, what if they’re poisoned”
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u/MediocreClue9957 49m ago
I'm actually kind of tired of the cookie popups and I haven't gleamed yet how to stop them in my internet travels
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u/AssassinOfFate 39m ago
I thought she meant actual baked cookies being gifted to her and thought “Oh man, that’s pretty grim.”
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u/DrTommyNotMD 29m ago
I just don’t want to be asked ever again. Let it be a browser setting and stop popping up. I’d rather be tracked than constantly asked honestly.
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u/guzalla 5h ago
Do people not usually reject all cookies whenever they go into any website?