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A tool to create firefox profiles with personalized defaults.
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Cookie banner blocker #278

Open CynthiaArmstrong opened 1 year ago

CynthiaArmstrong commented 1 year ago

What do you think about adding the I still don't care about cookies extension from @OhMyGuus?

In short, it clicks the deny cookies option automatically. I find that very pleasant.

allo- commented 1 year ago

Wasn't "I dont care about cookies" an extensions that automatically accepts everything?

I thought about @defkev Consent Blocker, but now that I am looking the extension seems to be no longer on AMO for some reason. There are also others like consent-o-matic and MinimalConsent and it would be good to get some overview which one does what.

I neither want to accept all nor to give minimal consent, when I can block the whole thing. And when it cannot be blocked I probably rather would like to see the popup than to automatically agree.

CynthiaArmstrong commented 1 year ago

Wasn't "I dont care about cookies" an extensions that automatically accepts everything?

I thought about @defkev Consent Blocker, but now that I am looking the extension seems to be no longer on AMO for some reason. There are also others like consent-o-matic and MinimalConsent and it would be good to get some overview which one does what.

I neither want to accept all nor to give minimal consent, when I can block the whole thing. And when it cannot be blocked I probably rather would like to see the popup than to automatically agree.

It depends from site to site but you are right. Often it accepts cookies.

Consent-O-Matic looks promising. MinimalConsenst does not seem to be updated anymore and the website goes to a suspicious page.

allo- commented 1 year ago

Personally I like blocking all completely that can be blocked and deciding the rest myself (including the Ctrl-W) option, but of course I see the point behind accepting all (and using good cookie cleaner addons).

I would think that most people using the profile generator would rather like something for opt-out as well and nobody prevents one from installing an accept-all extension afterward.
As it also makes sense to keep the list short, I would say including some kind of consent blocker that is opt-out-only and possibly having it disabled by default would be reasonable, but something that may opt-in in some cookies can be installed by people themself.

Now the question is, why Consent Blocker is no longer available and if there are good replacements.

Also things like default (privacy) lists for uBlock would be useful, but it is hard to access settings of modern extensions. I still need to look into the infrastructure needed for #270, which may also allow to preconfigure other extensions.

CynthiaArmstrong commented 1 year ago

Thanks for the explanation. That makes sense. Let's see if someone knows what happened to Consent Blocker and/or may recommend a fine extension.

I read about Cookie Banner Blocker from Mozilla today. Maybe we will have this comfort and privacy next year without needing an extension.

Firefox is rolling-out Cookie Banner Blocker by default [...] during the coming weeks. Firefox will now auto-refuse cookies and dismiss annoying cookie banners for supported sites.

allo- commented 1 year ago

I also thought of this issue when I read about the new feature.
I tried it and it worked for the Google homepage. It has two modes "Reject if possible" and "Reject if possible, otherwise accept" and I guess we can even think about using a combo box that offers all three options. Offering a simple setting is an easier decision than taking responsibility for what an addon may do.