Block all 3rd party cookies by default. Done.
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Malicious compliance writ large.
Also, the number of hurdles you have to clear for this tells volumes about where the site owner priorities lie.
Hence why the EU is now forcing an "easy way to decline". All compliant websites have a "reject all cookies" button now.
Which I learned on accident, because normally I have Ghostery installed, which just rejects all cookies automatically.
I'm pretty sure that was the law from day 1 and the only difference is they're starting to crack down on it now
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AdNauseam + PopUpOFF + CanvasBlocker + Bypass Paywalls Clean
"No, I don't want ads. No, I don't want cookies. No, I don't want to even be asked about cookies, or subscribing to your newsletter, or to sign up for access to this article. Fuck off."
Or just use PopUpOff.
I don't consent to jack shit that tries to hold my time hostage lol
Just use a browser that doesn't save cookies. Then accept all.
Should have been handled on protocol level. Cookies get priority levels, set browser to only accept required cookies and done. Everyone just wanted to do it the easy way... add a banner and ask the user.. or dont even make the banner, call a third party library that does it for you.. and has its own tracking code.. yay!
We also had the Do Not Track header, and then Microsoft fucked it up and now no browsers support it.
Settings -> Privacy and Security -> Enhanced Tracking Protection -> Custom -> All cookies (will cause websites to break)
Open site -> it breaks -> do i really need it? (no) Move on to the next site. (yes) Ctrl+I -> Permissions -> Set Cookies - uncheck "Use Default" - Allow
I will on rare occasions accept all if the site gives me the option to reject all but necessary.
And when I finally lose my shit and just press "accept all" and "save my preferences for an eternity along with all my private information", it still pops up every single time!
So, probably stupid question.
If a website pops up and asks for permission, and I bypass that pop-up in some way (like killing the pop up with an addon or some you can just ignore it and keep scrolling with it on the bottom of the screen)
Until ive clicked agree, do websites just not start tracking or creating or doing anything with cookies? After all, they've acknowledged they need, dont have permission.
Or is this by and large pointless, and unless ive jumped through their hoops, they've already started the page with cookies enabled?
If the site is GDPR-compliant, they are not allowed to set any cookies until you click the accept button. But, a ton of sites and ad agencies are not. For example, Russians commonly just put a "we tracking you, deal with it. [OK]" banner, thinking they are funny, when it's clearly illegal even by Russian law, but they are shielded from it by responsible officials incompetence. Same story in the US, I believe.
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And then you have to hope they honor your choice.
- Just leave that website and find somewhere else to do business.