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>first party cookies are invaluable I am coming to find I don't want cookies, including first-party, on the vast majority of websites. Specifically, I only wan

>first party cookies are invaluable I am coming to find I don't want cookies, including first-party, on the vast majority of websites. Specifically, I only want first-party cookies on websites I login to. Otherwise, I can't remember the last time in recent memory when first-party cookies benefitted me in some worthwhile way. They only serve to track me or otherwise disturb my peace for the benefit of the webmaster. So far I've been opening a lot of websites in Private Mode, but maybe it's just easier to blanket blacklist all cookies and then handpick the small number I want to whitelist.

jefftk 3y ago
> Otherwise, I can't remember the last time in recent memory when first-party cookies benefitted me in some worthwhile way. A very standard example is when you put something in a shopping cart the site needs some way to record this, which requires cookies or other client-side storage. And if it's a site you've never bought from before you wouldn't be logged in.
mikeryan 3y ago
First party cookies are how you’re authenticated on a website. They (or an equivalent mechanism) is the only way to save state and create the concept of a “session”.
- Kbelicius 3y ago
  That is why GP said: "Specifically, I only want first-party cookies on websites I login to."
- jefftk 3y ago
  > First party cookies are how you’re authenticated on a website Sure, but they said they were ok with first party cookies on sites they log in to.
godzillabrennus 3y ago
Thanks to the EU, you need to enable Cookies to let a website remember you want to reject all Tracking/Cookies... Some adblockers do an okay job of hiding those requests, but others do not. It seems like modern web users need a browser that blocks trackers, an Authoritative DNS like Pi-Hole on the network that blocks trackers, an Authoritative DNS for Pi-Hole to query like NextDNS that blocks trackers, and, of course, a browser plug-in to augment the browsers tracker blocking ability like uBlock.

jefftk 3y ago

> Otherwise, I can't remember the last time in recent memory when first-party cookies benefitted me in some worthwhile way. A very standard example is when you put something in a shopping cart the site needs some way to record this, which requires cookies or other client-side storage. And if it's a site you've never bought from before you wouldn't be logged in.

mikeryan 3y ago

First party cookies are how you’re authenticated on a website. They (or an equivalent mechanism) is the only way to save state and create the concept of a “session”.

Kbelicius 3y ago
That is why GP said: "Specifically, I only want first-party cookies on websites I login to."
jefftk 3y ago
> First party cookies are how you’re authenticated on a website Sure, but they said they were ok with first party cookies on sites they log in to.

godzillabrennus 3y ago

Thanks to the EU, you need to enable Cookies to let a website remember you want to reject all Tracking/Cookies... Some adblockers do an okay job of hiding those requests, but others do not. It seems like modern web users need a browser that blocks trackers, an Authoritative DNS like Pi-Hole on the network that blocks trackers, an Authoritative DNS for Pi-Hole to query like NextDNS that blocks trackers, and, of course, a browser plug-in to augment the browsers tracker blocking ability like uBlock.