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While we are discussing this, just wish HN readers to shed more light on a practice which I diligently follow. Whenever I visit any website, courtesy the GDPR
by godelmachine 6y ago
While we are discussing this, just wish HN readers to shed more light on a practice which I diligently follow.
Whenever I visit any website, courtesy the GDPR laws, we are asked to request the terms and cookies. I make it a point to disable all cookies (barring the strictly necessary ones), partners and also the "Legitimate Interest" section, where I click "Object all", and then click "Save and exit".
However, on many websites I don't see any option to "reject" or "object" to cookies, partners, vendors and especially legitimate interest. Particularly concerned about Legitimate Interest since the number of vendors there is humongous.A good example of a site where we cannot choose would be the BBC[1]. We get an option only to read their terms and conditions but no option to reject and object.
1) Can anyone please guide how to reject to cookies on such sites where they don't have a reject option present?
Also, in my iOS, in Safari settings, I have chosen "Block all cookies" to yes.
2) How far will blocking all cookies safeguard me from unscrupulous cookies? If my blocking all cookies is enabled in safari settings and suppose I visit some malicious site and accept their cookies, would the owners of malicious site be able to do anything sinister or adversarial to my privacy and integrity? Will the be able to breach my security?
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[1]https://www.bbc.co.uk/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/
- frongpik 6y agoAnything short of uBlockOrigin/uMatrix with JS disabled won't work. Not only you need to block cookies at the uBO level, you need to block JS because it can write cookie-like IDs to persistent storage such as indexeddb.
- godelmachine 6y agoThanks for your suggestion. But wouldn’t blocking JS make all websites dysfunctional for me? Also, how do I get rid of persistent storage like indexDB as you have highlighted? Does clearing cache and cookies from browser help?
- frongpik 6y agoWell, you'd selectively enable JS if you really need that site. Clearing the cache and storage should be enough.
- godelmachine 6y agoThanks for this. I know how to clear cache but may I ask what do you mean by storage? I don’t know how to delete that.
- frongpik 6y agoThere's a "clear cache and storage" button in the devtools, but the user interface may not have it. Regardless, JS is necessary to access storage, so no JS - no storage.