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I can't live without this one: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/i-dont-care-about-cookies/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/i-dont-

by nichos 5y ago

I can't live without this one: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/i-dont-care-about-cookies/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/i-dont-care-a... Blocks the "consent to cookies" modal sites are required to have thanks to some terrible legislation.

enriquto 5y ago
Nice extension. But I'd say that the legislation is alright, it's these sites that are terrible. They put these modals because they want to.
- deleted 5y ago
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- DocTomoe 5y ago
  The legislation has the right heart, but its wording is problematic and leaves up too much on interpretation, so most sites who technically wouldn't need it just default to a cookie banner to be 'on the safe side'. Combine that with the zealots (I've had an user complain about the absence of a cookie banner on a site that clearly did not need one), them potentially becoming a lawsuit initiator, and you got the mess you have now. Writing good laws without unintended consequences is hard.
  - taxyz23 5y ago
    And sometimes impossible so in many instances better not to legislate at all and let people work out their issues without the big clumsy hand of government.
  - enriquto 5y ago
    Yes. Moreover this law, while good intentioned, seems like a somewhat misplaced effort against tracking. Cookie tracking is easy to disable and not really worrysome. The elephant on the room is google play services tracking all android users with no way to disable it. Now, that should be forbidden by law.
    - TheCoelacanth 5y ago
      GDPR's consent requirements are actually about tracking in general, regardless of the method you use to achieve it, not about cookies.
  - Nextgrid 5y ago
    The wording of the GDPR is very clear: cookies required for essential functionality such as logging in or shopping carts do not require consent.
JimWestergren 5y ago
Not needed if you use uBlock Origin
- abainbridge 5y ago
  That's not what I see. With uBlock Origin installed, if I visit news.bbc.co.uk, for example, I still get the accept cookies banner.
  - Nextgrid 5y ago
    There are extra lists you need to enable. I believe the "annoyances" lists cover this.

by nichos 5y ago

enriquto 5y ago

Nice extension. But I'd say that the legislation is alright, it's these sites that are terrible. They put these modals because they want to.

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DocTomoe 5y ago
The legislation has the right heart, but its wording is problematic and leaves up too much on interpretation, so most sites who technically wouldn't need it just default to a cookie banner to be 'on the safe side'. Combine that with the zealots (I've had an user complain about the absence of a cookie banner on a site that clearly did not need one), them potentially becoming a lawsuit initiator, and you got the mess you have now. Writing good laws without unintended consequences is hard.
- taxyz23 5y ago
  And sometimes impossible so in many instances better not to legislate at all and let people work out their issues without the big clumsy hand of government.
- enriquto 5y ago
  Yes. Moreover this law, while good intentioned, seems like a somewhat misplaced effort against tracking. Cookie tracking is easy to disable and not really worrysome. The elephant on the room is google play services tracking all android users with no way to disable it. Now, that should be forbidden by law.
  - TheCoelacanth 5y ago
    GDPR's consent requirements are actually about tracking in general, regardless of the method you use to achieve it, not about cookies.
- Nextgrid 5y ago
  The wording of the GDPR is very clear: cookies required for essential functionality such as logging in or shopping carts do not require consent.

JimWestergren 5y ago

Not needed if you use uBlock Origin

abainbridge 5y ago
That's not what I see. With uBlock Origin installed, if I visit news.bbc.co.uk, for example, I still get the accept cookies banner.
- Nextgrid 5y ago
  There are extra lists you need to enable. I believe the "annoyances" lists cover this.