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Wish cookie consent could be saved at the browser level and websites can just check against my settings instead of asking me every time. I guess that makes too

Wish cookie consent could be saved at the browser level and websites can just check against my settings instead of asking me every time. I guess that makes too much sense.

bigdatagirl 6y ago
I think there is a browser extension for this. I forgot what it's called but it partners with the cookie banner companies, so that it automatically sets your preferences on most websites.
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littlecranky67 6y ago
Cookies are not the problem here. They don't need consent for cookies, but for tracking. And if you were to block cookies, they can still track you with a lot of other fingerprinting technologies - and would again ask you for consent for that. I recommend enabling the EasyList Cookie blocking list in the adblocker of choice (i.e. uBlock Origin). Its not enabled by default, so check your settings (Edit: This will block the consent popups, not the cookies).
- mortehu 6y ago
  If there was a browser setting to accept (or reject) all cookies regardless of intended use, that would actually solve the problem for many. Just because many people want to make case by case decisions, we shouldn't have to burden everyone with this task. I personally would prefer to accept all cookies, and take responsibility for keeping separate cookie jars as needed.
  - AnssiH 6y ago
    Yeah, I'd like a Please-Track-Me option that auto-accepts everything.
    - Macha 6y ago
      Here you go: https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/ https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/ I'd rather something that auto-rejected, so I don't use it, but it exists.
      - Nemo157 6y ago
        > In most cases, it just blocks or hides cookie related pop-ups. This bit is actually the opposite. All tracking _must_ be opt-in, therefore by blocking the pop-up and not opting-in the website cannot track you. It's only for the websites which are broken when not opting-in that it accepts the policy (which AIUI is itself a violation of the GDPR).
    - TheCoelacanth 6y ago
      There should be a Please-Track-Me option that anyone who wants to be tracked can send. The lack of the header should indicate that the user denied consent to be tracked.
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  - littlecranky67 6y ago
    As I said, there are hundreds of other ways to fingerprint you. If the number of users who block tracking cookies reaches a critical mass, advertisers would switch to those.
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    - mortehu 6y ago
      What you're talking about doesn't describe my problem. My only problem is that sites spend any time at all asking about cookies or tracking, which I can control on my end anyway.
      - TheCoelacanth 6y ago
        You can't. You can control cookies. You can't control tracking.
- jimmaswell 6y ago
  I would globally pre-consent to all tracking if I could because I don'd mind supporting the websites I use. This should definitely be a browser feature.
secondcoming 6y ago
In theory it can: How should a Transparency & Consent String be stored? In version 1 of the TCF Specifications the consent string was specified to be stored as either a 1st party cookie for service-specific consent or a 3rd party cookie for global consent. In version 2 of the TCF Specifications, the storage mechanism used for service-specific TC Strings is up to a CMP, including any non-cookie storage mechanism. However, global TC Strings must still be stored as cookies under the consensu.org domain.[0] Pretty much no website uses it. [0] https://github.com/InteractiveAdvertisingBureau/GDPR-Transparency-and-Consent-Framework/blob/master/TCFv2/IAB%20Tech%20Lab%20-%20Consent%20string%20and%20vendor%20list%20formats%20v2.md#how-does-the-cmp-handle-a-globally-scoped-tc-string https://github.com/InteractiveAdvertisingBureau/GDPR-Transpa...
- mhils 6y ago
  In practice, some CMPs used to share positive consent across websites, but did not share negative consent. So if they tricked you into accepting once, they keep it; if you refuse, they keep annoying you. My understanding is that watchdogs pushed back, which is why the whole sharing thing isn't as prominent anymore.
nicbou 6y ago
There is uBlock origin. It enforces my lack of consent with remarkable efficiency.

Wish cookie consent could be saved at the browser level and websites can just check against my settings instead of asking me every time. I guess that makes too much sense.

bigdatagirl 6y ago

I think there is a browser extension for this. I forgot what it's called but it partners with the cookie banner companies, so that it automatically sets your preferences on most websites.

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littlecranky67 6y ago

Cookies are not the problem here. They don't need consent for cookies, but for tracking. And if you were to block cookies, they can still track you with a lot of other fingerprinting technologies - and would again ask you for consent for that. I recommend enabling the EasyList Cookie blocking list in the adblocker of choice (i.e. uBlock Origin). Its not enabled by default, so check your settings (Edit: This will block the consent popups, not the cookies).

mortehu 6y ago
If there was a browser setting to accept (or reject) all cookies regardless of intended use, that would actually solve the problem for many. Just because many people want to make case by case decisions, we shouldn't have to burden everyone with this task. I personally would prefer to accept all cookies, and take responsibility for keeping separate cookie jars as needed.
- AnssiH 6y ago
  Yeah, I'd like a Please-Track-Me option that auto-accepts everything.
  - Macha 6y ago
    Here you go: https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/ https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/ I'd rather something that auto-rejected, so I don't use it, but it exists.
    - Nemo157 6y ago
      > In most cases, it just blocks or hides cookie related pop-ups. This bit is actually the opposite. All tracking _must_ be opt-in, therefore by blocking the pop-up and not opting-in the website cannot track you. It's only for the websites which are broken when not opting-in that it accepts the policy (which AIUI is itself a violation of the GDPR).
  - TheCoelacanth 6y ago
    There should be a Please-Track-Me option that anyone who wants to be tracked can send. The lack of the header should indicate that the user denied consent to be tracked.
    - deleted 6y ago
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- littlecranky67 6y ago
  As I said, there are hundreds of other ways to fingerprint you. If the number of users who block tracking cookies reaches a critical mass, advertisers would switch to those.
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  - mortehu 6y ago
    What you're talking about doesn't describe my problem. My only problem is that sites spend any time at all asking about cookies or tracking, which I can control on my end anyway.
    - TheCoelacanth 6y ago
      You can't. You can control cookies. You can't control tracking.
jimmaswell 6y ago
I would globally pre-consent to all tracking if I could because I don'd mind supporting the websites I use. This should definitely be a browser feature.

secondcoming 6y ago

In theory it can: How should a Transparency & Consent String be stored? In version 1 of the TCF Specifications the consent string was specified to be stored as either a 1st party cookie for service-specific consent or a 3rd party cookie for global consent. In version 2 of the TCF Specifications, the storage mechanism used for service-specific TC Strings is up to a CMP, including any non-cookie storage mechanism. However, global TC Strings must still be stored as cookies under the consensu.org domain.[0] Pretty much no website uses it. [0] https://github.com/InteractiveAdvertisingBureau/GDPR-Transparency-and-Consent-Framework/blob/master/TCFv2/IAB%20Tech%20Lab%20-%20Consent%20string%20and%20vendor%20list%20formats%20v2.md#how-does-the-cmp-handle-a-globally-scoped-tc-string https://github.com/InteractiveAdvertisingBureau/GDPR-Transpa...

mhils 6y ago
In practice, some CMPs used to share positive consent across websites, but did not share negative consent. So if they tricked you into accepting once, they keep it; if you refuse, they keep annoying you. My understanding is that watchdogs pushed back, which is why the whole sharing thing isn't as prominent anymore.

nicbou 6y ago

There is uBlock origin. It enforces my lack of consent with remarkable efficiency.