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Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-essential cookies

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Post by mitch292 »

A FOSS chrome extension that attempts to remove the annoyance of cookie pop ups and banners.

There are some extensions out there that auto-accept cookies, but I didn't find one that auto rejected cookies without either chaining some extensions together or setting up custom rules in tools like uBlock origin. So with this extension, you just need to add it for non-essential cookies to be rejected.

Github: https://github.com/mitch292/reject-cookies Extension Link: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/bnbodofigkfjljnopfg...

It's still very early days for the extension. I want it to keep improving and working on more and more sites. Feedback welcome. Thanks!

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Re: Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-essential cookies

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Post by elashri »

> So the omission of an acceptance should be on par with an explicit rejection

I know that is says "should" but how common that practice is followed by the websites? And in that case, wouldn't blocking the entire popups like ublock origin does becomes better option than installing a new plugin?

Re: Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-essential cookies

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Post by shmoogy »

mrweasel wrote: post #2

Consent-O-Matic can easily be configured to reject cookies. I suppose that technically you could also just remove the pop-ups, that means that you never agreed to anything and the site have no permission to place cookies on your computer.

This is only true in Europe - it is not required by the US privacy laws and the default most companies deal with will be set to implicit allow

Re: Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-essential cookies

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Post by mrweasel »

shmoogy wrote: post #5
mrweasel wrote: post #2

Consent-O-Matic can easily be configured to reject cookies. I suppose that technically you could also just remove the pop-ups, that means that you never agreed to anything and the site have no permission to place cookies on your computer.

This is only true in Europe - it is not required by the US privacy laws and the default most companies deal with will be set to implicit allow

I sort of assumed that companies wouldn't even show the cookie/tracking consent in areas where they are not legally required, but that's a good point.

Re: Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-essential cookies

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Post by coldpie »

uBlock Origin already has this. Enable the "Cookie notices" and "Annoyances" filters in uBlock Origin's settings.

Bonus pro-tip: Firefox for Android supports uBlock Origin, which means you can get rid of these godawful banners on mobile, too. Only iOS users are stuck having to put up with them.

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