Bartosz TaudulJul 1, 2023

@ocornut EU cookie law is not the problem. You don't need to ask for consent for essential cookies, like the ones that store your login session ID or the shopping cart in a web store.

Every time you see the cookie popup, it's about selling your browsing data to third parties.

We see these popups everywhere and the reasoning is "the EU did something stupid", but it's the opposite. They caught the thieves red-handed.

"We value your privacy." Yeah, no shit. By putting a monetary value on it.

Show threadTesmaiaJul 1, 2023
@wolfpld The only stupid thing about the cookie stuff is that there is still no standardized way to handle them on a browser level so you don't need to trust the site to actually not place cookies when you say no.
Show threadBartosz Taudul

@tesmaia There have been attempts to standardize on the Do Not Track flag, but that is voluntary on the server side, and we all know how well that works.

FWIW, Firefox by default now keeps cookie pools separate for each domain you visit.

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/firefox-rolls-out-total-cookie-protection-by-default-to-all-users-worldwide/

Firefox Rolls Out Total Cookie Protection By Default | The Mozilla Blog

Updated Aug. 28, 2024. Take back your privacy Firefox is rolling out Total Cookie Protection by default to more Firefox users worldwide, making Firefox the

Jul 1, 2023 at 11:15amWeb