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As the sibling comment mentions, Stackoverflow would not know you have refused to save cookies on your previous visit, so it displays the banner again. That's p
by mehdix 5y ago
As the sibling comment mentions, Stackoverflow would not know you have refused to save cookies on your previous visit, so it displays the banner again. That's precisely how it should be. If they want to know you without a cookie, they have to store your browser fingerprint, UA, IP,and more. I guess, that's not what you'd want.
- viraptor 5y agoIf it has to be asked every time, then it could be easily classified as essential functionality and allowed. The rules are about sharing private / identifiable information, not about preventing client-side storage from working.
- mehdix 5y agoThanks for mentioning client side storage, I had not considered that.