• Karyoplasma
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    2 months ago

    I miss the time when not every cookie was a tracking cookie and they actually functioned as intended instead.

    • @hydration9806@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      And Consent-O-Matic to never see another cookie popup and Cookie AutoDelete to delete any that get through

      • Sjmarf
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        72 months ago

        I use UBO’s built-in cookie-popup blockers. I believe it’s off by default

      • Phuntis
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        32 months ago

        cookie auto delete isn’t necessary you can set firefox to not remember cookies anyway ubo also has filter lists go remove cookie popups though it doesn’t catch all of them so I won’t say consent o matic is unnecessary but I don’t use it and I very rarely see a cookie popup

    • @stinky@redlemmy.com
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      62 months ago

      Forcing these popups in our faces was punishment for fighting back during the battle for the internet. We lost, and the elites shoved insulting disruptive messages in our faces to remind us of our failure every time we browse. I was so disappointed.

      • @LovableSidekick@lemmy.world
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        12 months ago

        Web developer here. Cookies were designed to get around the stateless nature of a web page, by enabling it to communicate with other pages from one visit to the next by saving things like the user’s language preference. Marketing people saw this and said hey, let’s generate a unique ID the first time a user hits our site, and store it in a cookie with information about their clicks, searches, etc. This will help us decide which ads to throw at them, and we can even sell that info to other companies so they can use it and add more info. It’s a gold mine! Germany passed a law requiring transparency and user consent, forcing sites visible in Germany (i.e. the whole Internet) to display those warnings or risk legal problems.

      • @LovableSidekick@lemmy.world
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        Really? That was when I getting into web dev and IE got dynamic HTML, but I don’t remember the cookie thing. I thought it was after German laws started requiring user approval. Long time ago. Come to think of it, Win98 was right about when the dominant influence at MS transitioned from geeks to accountants.

  • Ech
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    122 months ago

    I hate that they’re called cookies. Cookies are supposed to be great! Cooties would be a better word. Or AIDS.

  • Drusas
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    62 months ago

    As someone who used to work in the identity management/authorization field… Not all cookies are bad. But yeah, I still agree.

    • Ephera
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      172 months ago

      My favorite is when webpages offer either “Accept all” or “Technically required only”, as if anyone would ever want anything else than just the technically required.

      • @Dasus@lemmy.world
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        I was just on a website that gave a warning when trying to accept only necessary.

        So I’m sure some less informed people just conform instead of thinking or even maybe reading the warning.

        These cookie things are the epitome of asshole design. Hidden “legitimate interest” weird colours for on/off, I can’t even be arsed to list it all.

  • @PlexSheep@infosec.pub
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    62 months ago

    For those already using unblock origin that don’t know this: In the unlock settings you can enable additional filter lists. There are two for these cookie banners too. You never see these aids banners with it.

  • luluu
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    12 months ago

    Your porn websites have cookie banners?