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

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Post by troupo »

ximm wrote: post #140
ryandrake wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

There was the "Do Not Track" header, but I don't think any sites that actually honored it. And it is deprecated now. On Firefox we still have webRequestBlocking, so it is quite simple to block cookies. See for example https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ximatrix/

> There was the "Do Not Track" header, but I don't think any sites that actually honored it. And it is deprecated now.

Sites used that header to fingerprint and track users.

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

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Post by troupo »

rapind wrote: post #130
const_cast wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Session cookies don't require a banner or any kind of notification.

That's good to know (and reasonable)!

GDPR was adopted 9 years ago. It's insane to me that people still go out of their way to know nothing about it.

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

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Post by cies »

asadm wrote: post #33
rkagerer wrote: post #9

How it’s implemented: Vibe coding is the answer Sorry, you want me to give browser privileges to code written by AI?

AI is mere mirror of human code.

It's a very bad mirror then.

For example the Linux kernel has mirrors where it's source code can be downloaded from.

AI cannot even "mirror" the Linux kernel. Try it! Ask it to deliver a monolithic kernel that works on a bunch of architectures and has drivers for a bunch of hardware. It will yield nothing close to the Linux kernel.

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

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Post by troupo »

gitroom wrote: post #143

cookie banners make me want to toss my computer out the window tbh - you think we'll ever get to a point where browsers just handle all this and i don't have to babysit buttons or install a million plugins?

> you think we'll ever get to a point where browsers just handle all this

1. The Do Not Track header set by browsers was used by sites to fingerprint and track users.

2. World's largest tracking and advertising company is also making the world's most popular browser.

and

3. GDPR was adopted 9 years ago

So the answer to your question is: no, they never will.

Exhibit A: Google assumes Chrome is just another service to track you: https://x.com/dmitriid/status/1908951546869498085

Exhibit B: Chrome's "more private web" sells your browsing data and behaviour by default: https://x.com/dmitriid/status/1664682689591377923

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

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Post by Orygin »

loeg wrote: post #139
SoftTalker wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Google could change chome at any time to snoop on all your stuff too, yet we trust them more than extension authors?

They have a strong track record and more to lose.

Strong track record of already snooping on all your traffic within their browsers ?

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

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Post by Orygin »

troupo wrote: post #152
rapind wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's good to know (and reasonable)!

GDPR was adopted 9 years ago. It's insane to me that people still go out of their way to know nothing about it.

It's much easier to blame the cookie banner on GDPR (which are not entirely related) than read the texts and jurisprudence about it to know how it works.

Every website showing a consent screen is either willfully ignorant (rarer these days) or they want your data while saying hypocritical things like «We value your privacy»

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

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Post by Orygin »

mrweasel wrote: post #7
shmoogy wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

The law for cookie and privacy consent is (afaik) applicable to any EU citizen or resident, even if they are not currently located in the EU. That means if you do business in the EU, you have to show the banner for everybody because you cannot know if they are an EU citizen/resident from their IP alone.

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

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Post by Diti »

jillyboel wrote: post #150
loeg wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They have a strong track record and more to lose.

What about literally every other application you download and install? All your video games could be (and probably are if they include "anticheat") spying on you.

They’re only spying what Wine allows them to see.
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