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Yet another reason to purge cookies often :) Everytime I log into a site that I want to buy something from, I always clear cache, cookies, logins before and af

by jmclnx 2y ago

Yet another reason to purge cookies often :) Everytime I log into a site that I want to buy something from, I always clear cache, cookies, logins before and after using that site. Yes it can be a PITA, but I think that stops other sites from looking to see what WEB sites you really care about.

Neywiny 2y ago
I've opted to just incognito the majority of my browsing. Likewise it's annoying to keep logging in and sometimes I wish I had something from my history. On the other hand, I never have to worry about cookies
- causal 2y ago
  Except even incognito persists and shares cookies across all incognito sessions for as long as at least one incognito window is open. Cookies will not be erased until you close every window.
  - Neywiny 2y ago
    Yep. So if I'm in a mood for music, YouTube learns what vibe I'm going for. Full algorithmic power bends to my will. Then I close the browsers and get a clean slate. Perfect
kevin_thibedeau 2y ago
Install a cookie autodelete extension. That will let you whitelist cookies you want for persistent logins and discard the rest. They can usually be configured to purge on tab closing.
- Zambyte 2y ago
  What is the benefit of an extension over just configuring your browser to delete cookies by default?
  - hiatus 2y ago
    > That will let you whitelist cookies you want for persistent logins and discard the rest
    - Zambyte 2y ago
      What browser can't do that?
      - hiatus 2y ago
        I don't see a way to exclude certain site cookies from deletion in Chrome. Which browser have you seen with this option?
  - switch007 2y ago
    Cookie Autodelete can trigger on tab close rather than app exit
- npteljes 2y ago
  Autodelete is old tech if you ask me. If you open the sites before the autodelete happens, then the tracking still happens. Temporary Containers is an addon that solves this elegantly.
  - samstave 2y ago
    This may be dumb: Wouldnt an "AI-Container-as-A-Browser" be nifty: Create a container that runs with an AI agent that does your browsing "for you" whereby it does the connection, cookie management, anonymously tor' wrapping as required/set/needed such that you have an abstraction between you and all your browsing, and the browser can dev/null the ads and never let them render and poison the reply with synthetic data crafting all packets that go back to the cookie providers? I also want ti to auto crawl an delete PII from all ad / identity brokers / white-pages/scam-spam. a "Delete me from the internet" bot I really really want this.
    - npteljes 2y ago
      That really is like how Stallman is described to use the internet, just with AI. Regarding deletion, did you know about this service? https://joindeleteme.com/ https://joindeleteme.com/
      - samstave 2y ago
        Yeah but no. I want to know how to instruct gptbots to spit out actionable code snippets that I can run to have delete stuff. I dont want to pay an Opterly, or join-delete-me a monthly subscription to delete my footprint. I know their services are valuable, im not against them - I am saying that in the age of GPT-code-slave-bots I'd rather learn the process of figuring out how to tell the AI what I want and I also iteratively learn through the process. Its wonderful being able to explore ideas so fluidly with the GPTs even though we know/discover their limitations, mal-intent, and other filters/guardrails/alignments and allegiances
        talldayo 2y ago
npteljes 2y ago
I use Firefox with Temporary Containers. Each tab is a brand new context automatically. Tabs don't talk to each other, each of them is separate - although, if you want, you can open a new tab in the same context, and even make permanent contexts. Closed tabs' contexts get purged after some minutes.
pona-a 2y ago
Firefox has an old slightly broken feature that wipes all cookies, except from a set of origins you whitelist. It actually saved me about half a gigabyte of pure cookie nonsense and made website loading quite a bit faster. Soon after I set it up, they announced their third-party cookie sandboxing, but I still think there's no reason to keep all the adtech trash on your computer in any capacity. about:preferences -> Privacy & Security -> Cookies and Site Data -> [x] Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed -> Manage Exceptions Just don't forget to back up your `~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default-release/cookies.sqlite*` beforehand.

by jmclnx 2y ago

Neywiny 2y ago

I've opted to just incognito the majority of my browsing. Likewise it's annoying to keep logging in and sometimes I wish I had something from my history. On the other hand, I never have to worry about cookies

causal 2y ago
Except even incognito persists and shares cookies across all incognito sessions for as long as at least one incognito window is open. Cookies will not be erased until you close every window.
- Neywiny 2y ago
  Yep. So if I'm in a mood for music, YouTube learns what vibe I'm going for. Full algorithmic power bends to my will. Then I close the browsers and get a clean slate. Perfect

kevin_thibedeau 2y ago

Install a cookie autodelete extension. That will let you whitelist cookies you want for persistent logins and discard the rest. They can usually be configured to purge on tab closing.

Zambyte 2y ago
What is the benefit of an extension over just configuring your browser to delete cookies by default?
- hiatus 2y ago
  > That will let you whitelist cookies you want for persistent logins and discard the rest
  - Zambyte 2y ago
    What browser can't do that?
    - hiatus 2y ago
      I don't see a way to exclude certain site cookies from deletion in Chrome. Which browser have you seen with this option?
- switch007 2y ago
  Cookie Autodelete can trigger on tab close rather than app exit
npteljes 2y ago
Autodelete is old tech if you ask me. If you open the sites before the autodelete happens, then the tracking still happens. Temporary Containers is an addon that solves this elegantly.
- samstave 2y ago
  This may be dumb: Wouldnt an "AI-Container-as-A-Browser" be nifty: Create a container that runs with an AI agent that does your browsing "for you" whereby it does the connection, cookie management, anonymously tor' wrapping as required/set/needed such that you have an abstraction between you and all your browsing, and the browser can dev/null the ads and never let them render and poison the reply with synthetic data crafting all packets that go back to the cookie providers? I also want ti to auto crawl an delete PII from all ad / identity brokers / white-pages/scam-spam. a "Delete me from the internet" bot I really really want this.
  - npteljes 2y ago
    That really is like how Stallman is described to use the internet, just with AI. Regarding deletion, did you know about this service? https://joindeleteme.com/ https://joindeleteme.com/
    - samstave 2y ago
      Yeah but no. I want to know how to instruct gptbots to spit out actionable code snippets that I can run to have delete stuff. I dont want to pay an Opterly, or join-delete-me a monthly subscription to delete my footprint. I know their services are valuable, im not against them - I am saying that in the age of GPT-code-slave-bots I'd rather learn the process of figuring out how to tell the AI what I want and I also iteratively learn through the process. Its wonderful being able to explore ideas so fluidly with the GPTs even though we know/discover their limitations, mal-intent, and other filters/guardrails/alignments and allegiances
      - talldayo 2y ago

npteljes 2y ago

I use Firefox with Temporary Containers. Each tab is a brand new context automatically. Tabs don't talk to each other, each of them is separate - although, if you want, you can open a new tab in the same context, and even make permanent contexts. Closed tabs' contexts get purged after some minutes.

pona-a 2y ago

Firefox has an old slightly broken feature that wipes all cookies, except from a set of origins you whitelist. It actually saved me about half a gigabyte of pure cookie nonsense and made website loading quite a bit faster. Soon after I set it up, they announced their third-party cookie sandboxing, but I still think there's no reason to keep all the adtech trash on your computer in any capacity. about:preferences -> Privacy & Security -> Cookies and Site Data -> [x] Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed -> Manage Exceptions Just don't forget to back up your `~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default-release/cookies.sqlite*` beforehand.