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It was. That was the original design, to ask the user for each site. Then people downloaded browsers that did not ask them ... and browser developers switched i
by david_draco 4y ago
It was. That was the original design, to ask the user for each site. Then people downloaded browsers that did not ask them ... and browser developers switched it off by default.
- kragen 4y agoNot for each site, for each HTTP request. So if you loaded a page with ten inline images Netscape would ask you eleven times if you wanted to accept cookies, unless you said "yes" at some point, and then it would stop asking you for that site.
- dredmorbius 4y agoAt which point you'd link the cookies file to /dev/null Browsers would hold cookies for a session, but not between them. This is no longer a viable option as: - There are those who keep browser sessions alive for long periods of time (days, weeks, months, ...) - Cross-site cookies. (Thanks, Doubleclick, and by Doubleclick, I of course mean Google which produces the most widely-used browser in the world.) Make the Web Stateless Again.
- kragen 4y agoYou can run everything in Incognito.
- dredmorbius 4y agoAnd I do, particularly on Android. The main motivator there is actually Google Chrome's abysmal tab management and navigation, as it is all but impossible to clear out tabs in a reasonable manner. On Firefox, with Tree-Style Tabs, the problem still exists, though it is less severe. There's still ample opportunity for tracking, unfortunately. I consider both Chrome and Android to be actively user-hostile and privacy-hostile, for what I hope are evident and well-founded reasons. Google's advertising motiviation is powerful.
- kragen 4y agoI agree. Have you tried palemoon?
- dredmorbius 4y agoNo. First I've heard of it.