If I’m given the option, I always choose to reject all. I don’t know if the company behind it actually sees that or not, but it makes me feel better anyway.
What does it mean to ‘accept’ or ‘reject’ all cookies, and which should I choose?
Submitted 22 hours ago by Pro@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
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shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
Spaniard@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
If the site doesnt work without cookies depends on how much I want to browse I will accept knowing that my browser nukes everything or I will just not browse that site.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
Horrendous that this isn’t just a browser setting that can be applied universally. It’s 100% opt out every time.
Overspark@feddit.nl 12 hours ago
github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic This can do it for you on most sites in most browsers.
Ulrich@feddit.org 12 hours ago
That’s unnecessary. Not clicking anything is legally identical to opting out. So just install uBO and add the cookie list filter and block those annoying banners entirely.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
I have it, and it does help, but it seems more often than not I still get a pop up for cookies.
einkorn@feddit.org 17 hours ago
Well, it could have been but just like
robot.txteveryone ignored the Do-not-track Header in HTTP requests.Ulrich@feddit.org 12 hours ago
That’s why I leave this off. Ironically the “Do Not Track” signal is used to more effectively track you.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 20 hours ago
tl;dr: “Reject All” will not break the site.
Also, technically there’s still a cookie after that:
The choice is recorded in a consent cookie
The article seems to ride on people’s anxiety about walls of text & choices presented by various cookie popups (not all of which even have a “Reject all” option) and IMHO isn’t quite clear enough that “Reject all” is the best option for 99% of use cases.
JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 4 hours ago
You do not need to ask for consent to use functional cookies, only for ones that are used for tracking. Most websites could strip out all of the 3rd party spyware and by doing so get rid of the popup entirely.
They’ll never do it because money, obviously.FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 hours ago
My flow is usually:
[when my cookie auto decline eztension doesn’t work]
- Look for Reject All button
- If no reject all button just open the site on the an archive
LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works 21 hours ago
My browser autodeletes cookies, and blocks cookies popups. Though I have set exceptions for sites, I log in to.
swelter_spark@reddthat.com 10 hours ago
I use uMatrix to control exactly which cookies I accept, and only accept what I need.
nyan@lemmy.cafe 16 hours ago
My primary browser profile allows only whitelisted cookies. It also allows only whitelisted Javascript, so I don’t see the popups. If this breaks a site beyond usefulness, I seriously consider whether I really need that site (and if it falls into the <2% where the answer is “yes”, I either whitelist it or open it in the window for the other profile that functions on a blacklist basis).
That’s a lot more manual management than most people want to bother with, though.
Engywuck@lemm.ee 21 hours ago
I always wonder if accepting all + blocking 3rd party cookies through browser settings is a sensible choice. One is left with 1st party cookies and a few browser have mechanisms in place to avoid these to be read by non-originating websites…
JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 3 hours ago
Blocking all 3rd party cookies tends to break quite a few things, as websites often use different domains to handle things like logins.
I’ve found addons like Cookie Autodelete to be a more functional option, it allows those cookies to exist until I close the tab, and if the domain isn’t on a whitelist, they get deleted five minutes later. And it works for first party cookies too.
It does take a while to build that whitelist, and sometimes you forget to set it and wipe something you’d rather have kept.Engywuck@lemm.ee 2 hours ago
That’s the thing: I use ISDCAC + block 3rd party and I have literally never experienced breakage.
realitista@lemm.ee 21 hours ago
I didn’t read the article but I’m pretty sure reject is the right answer.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Not according to Cookie Monster! He accepts all cookies. Always.
realitista@lemm.ee 21 hours ago
Touché
theherk@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
It’s good enough for me.
ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 21 hours ago
I always accept a cookie in real life, so why would I turn it down online?