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gorhill / uMatrix

uMatrix: Point and click matrix to filter net requests according to source, destination and type
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Whitelist wikimedia.org domain by default #895

Closed nemobis closed 6 years ago

nemobis commented 6 years ago

With uMatrix 1.1.20 in Firefox 57.0.1 and default rulesets, if I open a page in the la.wikipedia.org domain, or even commons.wikimedia.org, cookies are blocked from the wikimedia.org domain, including e.g. meta.wikimedia.org.

Cookies and resources from the central domain wikimedia.org are essential for the correct functioning of all ~800 wikis. and they should be whitelisted by default, if the wikis depending on them are supposed to be whitelisted. For instance, banners (including fundraising banners by CentralNotice) may place some central cookie on meta.wikimedia.org to avoid being displayed again.

gorhill commented 6 years ago

There is no built-in specific whitelist rules, by design. Specific whitelist rules are for everyone to decide for themselves.