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Processes being transparent and knowing what happens and being able to choose, for me as a user this is important. 1st party cookies can be reasonable and need
by djantje 6y ago
Processes being transparent and knowing what happens and being able to choose, for me as a user this is important.
1st party cookies can be reasonable and needed for functionality.
3th party cookies are for conviniences only.
- gpvos 6y agoI don't know of anything useful enabled by third party cookies; can you elaborate?
- iamacyborg 6y agoFrom an end-users perspective, I can't think of any. From a business perspective, third party cookies help businesses make money, which I suppose is useful for them.
- grishka 6y agoComment widgets like Disqus. You log into one once and you have your account on any website that embeds this widget. Of course, the tradeoff is that now Disqus can track the hell out of you.
- gpvos 6y agoAh, yes. I've always found that a tricky case. A good request blocker can at least make sure you're only tracked on the sites where you use it, but that's probably going to remain outside the amount of configurability browsers offer.