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

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Post by knowitnone »

raverbashing wrote: post #47
coldpie wrote: post #8

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.

My ideal solution to this would be: accept all cookies, then delete them after page unload

this means they track you for your duration. ideal solution is accept all cookies and randomly modify the values so it becomes a jumbled mess to their analytics

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

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Post by shadowgovt »

mitch292 wrote: post #76
mcoliver wrote: post #63

Love the idea. I wish chrome extensions had a more granular permissions structure and/or reminders/security checkups on installed extensions and their permissions. As it is the content scripts manifest permission for https://*/ * for content.js is always so jarring to see. For those that don’t know this allows the extension to run that script on every site you visit after clicking accept ONCE when you install the ext…

Definitely agree, not a fan of the permissions. The broad permissions were required from a usability standpoint. Granting permission on every site for this extension would just be a 1 to 1 replacement of clicking reject on the banner or pop up for every site. I would hope that before Chrome approves an extension to be added to the store that they are auditing the content of package.

One of the reasons Manifest v3 was started is that is impossible for an extension that eval's arbitrary code from the web (or downloads, say, a dynamic list of data and acts on it).

For something like this, it's tractable.

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

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Post by shadowgovt »

skeeter2020 wrote: post #99

Cookie banners are a bad/wrong solution to the underlying problem, but it's the dark patterns within that really piss me off. I shouldn't have to invest deep cognitive attention to "only accept mandatory" but if you're not careful many dialogs will trick you into clicking accept all after you go to the trouble to untoggle all the optional shit. The answer is to use isolation containers, aggressively reset them and no…

I just always click accept all.

Less to think about, and it basically puts the web into the state it was in before we all got bent out of shape about tracking, which was fine.

(Now that I type that... I should have made an extension ages a go that just does "identify cookie banner and click on the left-most button automatically").

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

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Post by nfriedly »

rkagerer wrote: post #67
coldpie wrote: post #8

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.

Could you clarify which options you mean? https://i.imgur.com/QnedRVZ.png Also, how's that compare to Consent-O-Matic in terms of effectiveness,safety (i.e. that it doesn't mangle the wrong thing on the site) and performance?

Not the op, but I just enable all of them.

It is a very rare for me to see a site that's broken by ublock origin.

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

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Post by exabrial »

The whole cookies law in EU is a prime example of government overreach and complete misunderstanding of how technology works.

Imagine instead, if they legislated that a browser can merely be an html client, and not a spy tool for advertising companies.

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

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Post by jauntywundrkind »

graemep wrote: post #101
jauntywundrkind wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It rejects cookies & reduces how much you are tracked, rather than accepting all tracking & cookies.

I don't care about cookies plus an extension that deletes frequently plus firefox container tabs will make tracking quite misleading.

My gut feeling is that this would be somewhat useful yes at shielding privacy. But even if you delete cookies every day, at least for me, that's a day of various advertisers tracking my motions across the web. And it also involves the inconvenience of losing the sign in cookies that are greatly convenient for me to have. For my own sake, I'd prefer not accepting unnecessary cookies.

On a macro sense, I also feel like there's a virtue to making it clear to sites that no I don't want their unnecessary cookies. Exercising my right to opt out (actually I'm American I have no such rights in my state) is a clear & direct signal, one that I hope someday perhaps the majority of the world might exercise. At which point there's little value in keeping up this user-hostile practice. Just deleting my cookies does reduce their usefulness, but it's not as clear a sign; it could just as well be someone who doesn't have a secure personal device they can rely on. I'd rather make it clear that no, I'm explicitly rejecting the premise of your cookies.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

coldpie wrote: post #8

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

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Post by dhc02 »

mitch292 wrote: post #76
mcoliver wrote: post #63

Love the idea. I wish chrome extensions had a more granular permissions structure and/or reminders/security checkups on installed extensions and their permissions. As it is the content scripts manifest permission for https://*/ * for content.js is always so jarring to see. For those that don’t know this allows the extension to run that script on every site you visit after clicking accept ONCE when you install the ext…

Definitely agree, not a fan of the permissions. The broad permissions were required from a usability standpoint. Granting permission on every site for this extension would just be a 1 to 1 replacement of clicking reject on the banner or pop up for every site. I would hope that before Chrome approves an extension to be added to the store that they are auditing the content of package.

Personally, I would still love a site-by-site "reject non-essential cookies" prompt from an extension that's in the same place, with the same UI, on every site. Still a click, but lots better than having to figure out how to accomplish it on each and every site.

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

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Post by mitch292 »

Xunjin wrote: post #78
mitch292 wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They had this in the reply > How to rectify: Ensure your privacy policy contains details about user data collection, handling, storage and sharing. Omission of any section is not allowed. So I added a section for each. I could make the "Information We Collect" section less verbose for sure.

Does this kind of privacy policy they demand follow any law, or it's just their "you should do this way"?

I'm honestly not sure.

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

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Post by ryandrake »

skeeter2020 wrote: post #99

Cookie banners are a bad/wrong solution to the underlying problem, but it's the dark patterns within that really piss me off. I shouldn't have to invest deep cognitive attention to "only accept mandatory" but if you're not careful many dialogs will trick you into clicking accept all after you go to the trouble to untoggle all the optional shit. The answer is to use isolation containers, aggressively reset them and no…

I hate how web sites can weasel their way around consent by simply declaring their cookies as "necessary" or "mandatory." As the Dude would say: Yeah, well, that's just like, your opinion, man. How about we have an easy-to-use "Reject ALL cookies from this site (and deal with whatever breaks)" option?
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