Cookie extensions

❗️Sanitizing in-session is a false sense of privacy. They do nothing for IP tracking. Even Tor Browser does not sanitize in-session e.g. when you request a new circuit. A new ID requires both full sanitizing and a new IP. The same applies to Firefox

❗️Cookie extensions can lack APIs or implementation of them to properly sanitize: e.g.

⚠️ [last checked Nov 2024], Cookie Auto Delete even instructs it's users to disable Total Cookie Protection - ⚠️ DO NOT DO THIS ⚠️

As of Firefox 86, strict mode is not supported at this time due to missing APIs to handle the Total Cookie Protection [... followed by instructions]

https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions

[–] pr3d@eviltoast.org 5 points 5 days ago

I don't get it. Of course it doesn't help with IP tracking of fingerprinting, but it deletes all cookies when I leave a site. My browsers runs very long on desktop and mobile, so Firefox's 'Delete cookies on close' doesn't help much.

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

"don't lock your door, it does not prevent scammers from getting your home address"

???

yeah, we know deleting cookies doesn't prevent IP tracking, that's also why I use a VPN

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Is that needed if ublock already stops all the tracking scripts from loading?

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 22 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yes. Because cookies are used for tracking and can be set without the aid of Javascript.

For anyone interested, cookies pre-date Javascript and are baked in the HTTP protocol by way of a Set-Cookie header that the browser responds to by storing whatever information accompanies the Set-Cookie header; usually a unique id that can then be used to track what pages on a domain you visit.

[–] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

uMatrix once again to the rescue. It can block cookies. The only downside to uMatrix is that it dis-/allows based on su domain, so you can't accept a log-in cookie and reject the tracking cookie, if they are served by the same subdomain.

[–] DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

uMatrix is unmaintained since 2021, that's another downside

Sources:
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/umatrix-development-has-ended.432663/
https://www.ghacks.net/2020/09/20/umatrix-development-has-ended/

[–] HyperfocusSurfer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It does, if you choose so. Settings -> filter lists -> cookie notices -> easylist/ubo cookie notices + adguard/ubo cookie notices

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 days ago

Thanks a lot!
Just activated it, and a short test on two of the news sites I visit regularly confirmed it to be working! :-)

[–] joe@lemmy.today 11 points 5 days ago

By default it does nothing about the banners, but blocks most tracking cookies. With some config, it can both enforce a comprehensive cookie policy you set, and hide the banners for you.

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 5 days ago

It does, just need to enable the filter list for it. It'll block most annoying things on top of the usual ads.

[–] blackbeans@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 days ago

It helps partially. As it will block known trackers and tracking cookies.