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I Googled around and came across a Google support page where someone (probably not a Googler) explained that they had to change their "allow 3rd-party cookies"
by jamesbritt 13y ago
I Googled around and came across a Google support page where someone (probably not a Googler) explained that they had to change their "allow 3rd-party cookies" settings because YouTube and the commenting system was loading shit form everywhere. Possible the everywhere was all Google property, but the idea that I had to turn off a privacy setting in order to comment on YouTube was just dumb.
Others on that page confirmed it. Sorry, I don't have a link. The explanation on the page sounded plausible enough that I said, "OK. Fuck it."
I just checked and this seems to only happen to me on Chrome, but not on Firefox. Firefox shows my G+ avatar; Chrome seems not to know who am for YouTube comments, but knows who I am for YouTube channel stuff. Nice.
Now I have to go see how insecure my Firefox settings are. :)
- Steuard 13y agoAh, I see: yeah, I've got 3rd party cookies disabled in Firefox, so that's presumably my problem. If there were a way to make an exception only for YouTube requesting a Google+ cookie, I'd do it. But I'm not willing to give Google+ a blanket pass on all sites, and it doesn't look like Firefox's cookie controls are fine-grained enough for that. (Maybe I could look for an extension...)