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I mean, you can turn cookies off in your browser settings, but the browser doesn't have a good way to differentiate between a cookie that keeps you logged into
by xmodem 3y ago
I mean, you can turn cookies off in your browser settings, but the browser doesn't have a good way to differentiate between a cookie that keeps you logged into something and a cookie that tracks you to show ads.
- saurik 3y agoSure, but the vast majority of websites where I see these cookie prompts aren't even websites I'm logging in to in the first place... often they are websites I am not sure you can even log into at all. I get that if I want some kind of fine-grained cookie handling for websites that are legitimately using cookies for something I need to rely on them, but that initial "do I want this site to get cookies at all?" is almost always "no" and I should not have to rely on them for it.
- xmodem 3y agoYeah, it would be nice if I could quickly and easily toggle cookies (and local storage, etc) on/off per site.
- stanleydrew 3y agoThis is pretty "easy" in Chrome, at least for a definition of "easy" that I'm comfortable with. For more than ten years I've had all cookies turned off by default in Chrome's site settings, and I click two buttons when visiting a site if I want to allow it to store data on my machine. That allowlist is persistent so I don't have to think about it again.
- Vinnl 3y agoIn Firefox the Cookie Autodelete and Temporary Containers extensions are two options for that.
- pwg 3y ago> Sure, but the vast majority of websites where I see these cookie prompts aren't even websites I'm logging in to in the first place... often they are websites I am not sure you can even log into at all. Cookies for managing login's are explicitly allowed by the GDPR. If you get a cookie choice prompt when visiting a website, it is an indication that the site is placing "advertising/tracking" cookies, for which the GDPR does require consent.