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I use the "I don't care about cookies" browser extension with "Cookie AutoDelete". Cookies are managed client-side, those banners are redundant. The purpose of
by nicopappl 5y ago
I use the "I don't care about cookies" browser extension with "Cookie AutoDelete". Cookies are managed client-side, those banners are redundant. The purpose of open standards is that you can have a user-agent that does whatever you want it to do, so take advantage of that.
Cookie banners are the dictionary definition of a meme. They give the site makers a piece of mind, helping them sleep better at night, even if they may have no other practical purpose. Other site makers see them and reproduce them because it gives them the same piece of mind, exposing the banners to more site makers. Obviously, there are better ways to get a piece of mind as webmaster, but you'd need first to explain the problem to a lot of people before anything changes.
- fooyc 5y agoCookies are not the only way to tack you. Websites can track you with localStorage, ETag headers and other cache-based methods, etc. Some methods don’t event require any persistence on the client side, e.g. fingerprinting.
- contravariant 5y agoCookie Autodelete also takes care of things like local storage and various caches. There's not much you can do about fingerprinting though. You can try to limit it in firefox with the resist-fingerprinting option, but that has its limits.
- DavideNL 5y agoAnd besides all that, most people use the same public IP address anyway…
- marcofatica 5y agopeace of mind, not a piece of mind