Simply enable the “cookie notices” list in ublock origin (available on every platform now, even iOS). According to the EU law if you don’t click accept it’s equivalent to denying.
> According to the EU law if you don’t click accept it’s equivalent to denying.
The result is the same. Technically there's no such thing as denying, only providing (explicit) consent. If consent is required and no consent is provided, then there is no ground for processing.
Breaks many websites though and you'll be wondering why something doesn't work and then you have to remember you checked that ublock checkbox a few months ago.
I think in the last 12 months of using that unlock list I've only counted less than five times where sites have broken with that list enabled, I don't have to even disable the entire list. You just disable u-block for that specific site
Until this moment, I did the same thing… but right now I realize, this behavior incentivizes a domain owner to intentionally break their site, to trick the visitor to disable their blocker.
Then the browser: refreshes the page, downloadz all the thingz… presents cookie banner.
I’ve been using uBlock (or Brave) for years now, and when “something doesn’t work right” the first thing I often do is lower my shields… :facepalm:
From now on, I’ll just bounce. Keep your cookies, I’m not hungry.
This popup gives you more choice than denying or allowing everything though, you get granular choice automatically applied to all websites where it works
What works pretty well for me is the "i don't care about cookies" extension for firefox; my default privacy policy is to throw away cookies when the browser restarts, which I do a few times per day anway.
Th consent is about tracking and your data, not specifically cookies. If you accept them tracking and selling your data then deleting cookies only impacts one way that happens.
That extension might allow tracking. From their Chrome add-on page:
When it's needed for the website to work properly, it will automatically accept the cookie policy for you (sometimes it will accept all and sometimes only necessary cookie categories, depending on what's easier to do).
Deleting cookies is insufficient because of browser fingerprinting, which you just consented to.
Regular user here. Cant live without this addon, I absolutely love this. Its been a while since I have to manually dismiss a consent popup. Although the redirects from Google and company can get a bit annoying.
It goes through the "reject all tracking" flow. Other solutions automate clicking "accept all tracking" (since that's usually simpler), or just hide the pop-ups.
Simply enable the “cookie notices” list in ublock origin (available on every platform now, even iOS). According to the EU law if you don’t click accept it’s equivalent to denying.
> According to the EU law if you don’t click accept it’s equivalent to denying.
The result is the same. Technically there's no such thing as denying, only providing (explicit) consent. If consent is required and no consent is provided, then there is no ground for processing.
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Breaks many websites though and you'll be wondering why something doesn't work and then you have to remember you checked that ublock checkbox a few months ago.
I think in the last 12 months of using that unlock list I've only counted less than five times where sites have broken with that list enabled, I don't have to even disable the entire list. You just disable u-block for that specific site
Until this moment, I did the same thing… but right now I realize, this behavior incentivizes a domain owner to intentionally break their site, to trick the visitor to disable their blocker.
Then the browser: refreshes the page, downloadz all the thingz… presents cookie banner.
I’ve been using uBlock (or Brave) for years now, and when “something doesn’t work right” the first thing I often do is lower my shields… :facepalm:
From now on, I’ll just bounce. Keep your cookies, I’m not hungry.
This popup gives you more choice than denying or allowing everything though, you get granular choice automatically applied to all websites where it works
What works pretty well for me is the "i don't care about cookies" extension for firefox; my default privacy policy is to throw away cookies when the browser restarts, which I do a few times per day anway.
Th consent is about tracking and your data, not specifically cookies. If you accept them tracking and selling your data then deleting cookies only impacts one way that happens.
That extension might allow tracking. From their Chrome add-on page:
Deleting cookies is insufficient because of browser fingerprinting, which you just consented to.Well the extension is called "I don't care about cookies", not "I care deeply about my privacy"
Believe it or not some of us don't actually give a damn, we just want the fucking nags to go away.
Works pretty well for advertisers as well, as that fails back to allowing all tracking, of which cookies are only a tiny amount
I don't feel ok that Avast bought this extension though https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/whats-new/acquisiti...
Instead i use this https://github.com/OhMyGuus/I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies
Previous discussions:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30625218
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41479882
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35562230
I use this extension, but I am still always bombarded with the pop-ups, not sure if I set it up wrong or its not that useful.
It’s the first extension I install on a new machine to keep my browsing flow from breaking every 5 seconds. Truly a 'quality of life' essential.
Regular user here. Cant live without this addon, I absolutely love this. Its been a while since I have to manually dismiss a consent popup. Although the redirects from Google and company can get a bit annoying.
This idea/execution isn't new right? Can someone explain what makes this different/better? Is this the ublock Origin of cookie banner hiders?
It goes through the "reject all tracking" flow. Other solutions automate clicking "accept all tracking" (since that's usually simpler), or just hide the pop-ups.
Does this work better than built-in Firefox feature?
It seems the feature you are referencing was deprecated?
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookie-banner-reduction