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submitted 3 hours ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/me_irl@lemmy.world

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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 4 points 33 minutes ago

Based

[–] vrek@programming.dev 2 points 35 minutes ago

My grandma would be disappointed...

Seriously though if anyone doesn't know cookies are basically files added to your computer which either that site or others can check for / read in the future. Some useful like if on a stores website you can set your preferred store. Most commonly used for tracking like one airline sees you checking other airlines for prices based on your cookies and changes their price as a result.

[–] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 34 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

Love the consent-o-matic extension on Firefox. I've got it set up to auto reject unnecessary cookies when possible, really cuts down on the annoying pop ups.

[–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 5 points 59 minutes ago* (last edited 59 minutes ago) (1 children)

The necessary ones are bullshit too but i cant figure out how to block those

[–] Zarobi@aussie.zone -1 points 24 minutes ago

Private browsing mode usually deletes cookies after you close the tab. It's a decent compromise

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago

Yup. And for the rest , I've trained my muscle memory to click whichever button doesn't say 'accept', so I rejecting the dialog doesn't even require any conscious thought for me

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 hours ago

Defs just added that

[–] dudeface@lemmy.world 9 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

But if you don’t accept cookies the next time you visit the site they won’t have record of you rejecting said cookies

[–] kn33@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago

Usually there's a carve-out in the rejection for "strictly necessary functional cookies" like logging in or remembering which options you chose in the cookie dialogue.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Just means more for me

[–] valar@lemmy.ca 1 points 54 minutes ago

Thought this was about IRL cookies before reading the comments

[–] sik0fewl@piefed.ca 3 points 1 hour ago

Welcome to the resistance.

[–] okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Firefox with multi-account containers + temporary containers + consent-o-matic + ublock.

The only cookies that survive are long lived tabs and specific containers to specific sites and never shall any of their cookies be able to touch.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I don't like having to log in every time I open the same page so I only keep essential ones.

Also: You can delete cookies yourself in your browser settings even if they don't have an option to opt out when you first visit.