Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to delete all cookies • Hacker News Board

Re: Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to delete all cookies

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Post by emptyfile » Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 9:45 AM UTC

baby wrote: post #29

pnenp wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Worked for me. Switched to FF because I just can't trust Chrome anymore. FF feels like a breath of fresh air.

Get the tree style tabs plugin, it's an essential.

But its kinda useless because you can't remove the tab toolbar? Or so it seems to me.

Re: Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to delete all cookies

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Post by laurent123456 » Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 9:46 AM UTC

The list of what's left after you "Clear all cookies": https://twitter.com/ctavan/status/1044286636991877120

Even YouTube's stuff are left, that's crazy.

Re: Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to delete all cookies

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Post by nailer » Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 9:46 AM UTC

NeedMoreTea wrote: post #4

Are they trying to promote Firefox or something? Chrome seems to be trying quite hard to annoy people enough to actually uninstall it.

It's hubris. Right now Google know they have the power to shape things the way Google want. That's true, but it's also true that users are more powerful than Google, becoming increasingly aware of the value of their privacy, and that Chrome is paid for with their data.

Re: Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to delete all cookies

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Post by jagira » Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 9:46 AM UTC

Chrome 69 on Mac puts Close/Minimise/Maximise buttons in an additional bar when in fullscreen mode. It's super irritating to see an additional bar when you move mouse to top of screen.

I have downgraded to Chrome 68 and disabled auto updates.

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/D0dB6j...

Re: Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to delete all cookies

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Post by tinus_hn » Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 9:47 AM UTC

EGreg wrote: post #16

sbspk5567 wrote: post #6

I posted about this last month here and also in Google Chrome forums but no one seemed to care. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17853092

I find the behavior of HN’s community as a whole, and its effect on submissions and comment scores interesting. I wish there was a way to discuss it, in like a meta-HN. A few days ago I posted an article about how the EU proposes a new law that could give up to 6 years in jail for social media posts. A discussion got started but for some readon the post was immediately “flagged” and that put an end to all discussions…

Probably because the site you linked sucks. Also the 'discussion' was pretty disappointing, some whining about the site and some inflammatory trolling. By one and the same person.

Re: Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to delete all cookies

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Post by mangecoeur » Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 9:47 AM UTC

Seriously don't know why anyone is surprised that a browser built by an ad-tech company pushes the user tracking tech of that company.

Just use Firefox and have done with it - there's been a series of these kinds of posts over the last couple of days with people suggesting insane workaround hacks instead of just changing their browser.

P.S. if you keep chrome because some websites only work properly there, maybe y'all should follow standards at work instead of targeting a proprietary browser like its 2001/IE6 again.

Re: Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to delete all cookies

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Post by lwhi » Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 9:48 AM UTC

If an organisation gets to a certain size, is it inevitable that it will eventually turn bad and disregard it's end-users' interests?

Is this just the nature of the beast?

Re: Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to delete all cookies

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Post by craftyguy » Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 9:48 AM UTC

housingpost wrote: post #11

I recommend that anyone that has a problem with this in Europe file a GDPR complaint, and if you're in the US file a complaint with your attorney general. Some states' attornies general are looking for new ways to come down on Google, and this is a good start. If you have a setting to delete all cookies and it doesn't do that, that's against the law in some places.

I'd recommend not using chrom{e,ium} instead. They might be 'forced' by a court to apply bandaids, but they'll just find some new area to exploit.

Re: Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to delete all cookies

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Post by peteretep » Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 9:48 AM UTC

emptyfile wrote: post #31

baby wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Get the tree style tabs plugin, it's an essential.

But its kinda useless because you can't remove the tab toolbar? Or so it seems to me.

You can, you just have to mess around with styling manually. There are quite a few pages on Google telling you how to do it

Re: Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to delete all cookies

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Post by jhasse » Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 9:49 AM UTC

mangecoeur wrote: post #36

Seriously don't know why anyone is surprised that a browser built by an ad-tech company pushes the user tracking tech of that company. Just use Firefox and have done with it - there's been a series of these kinds of posts over the last couple of days with people suggesting insane workaround hacks instead of just changing their browser. P.S. if you keep chrome because some websites only work properly there, maybe y'al…

It shows just how much better Chrome is on every other aspect.