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[–] lena@gregtech.eu 42 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Some cookies are useful, like the ones keeping you logged in. Not all cookies are created with the sole purpose of tracking you.

[–] DisgruntledGorillaGang@reddthat.com 0 points 6 hours ago (5 children)

I can just log back in when I need to be, thank you.

[–] lena@gregtech.eu 1 points 6 hours ago (4 children)

So you log again every single time you visit a website? I don't get the Luddite-y response people have when someone mentions cookies, ones that aren't cross-site don't impair your privacy.

[–] DisgruntledGorillaGang@reddthat.com 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Yup, every single time. Not hard when you use a password manager.

Also, lmao, how the hell is rejecting cookies, something that corporations have exploited to make the internet an increasinly hostile place, a "Luddite-y" response? Read up on the Luddites sometime. They are wildly mischaracterized. They weren't anti-progress like people have been propogandized to believe, they were anti-exploitation of workers.

Actually, now that I think about it, that is a Luddite-y response, and I'm damn proud of it.

[–] lena@gregtech.eu 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Aye that's fair, my comparison was too much of a hyperbole. But why not just block cross-site cookies?

[–] DisgruntledGorillaGang@reddthat.com 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Because there's no good way to do that reliably and easily, because the corporate world is run by douchebags with a rapists-mentality.

[–] lena@gregtech.eu 2 points 1 hour ago

This is in the default (Standard) Firefox anti-tracking settings

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