Jeff AtwoodAug 30, 2025
Look, EU, it is difficult to take you seriously when you forced all this cookie notification bullshit on us. That feature a) should not exist and b) if it did, should be a BROWSER feature not "every website in the entire world now has to bother everyone forever about this stupid thing" https://blog.codinghorror.com/breaking-the-webs-cookie-jar/
Breaking the Web’s Cookie Jar

The Firefox add-in Firesheep caused quite an uproar a few weeks ago, and justifiably so. Here’s how it works: * Connect to a public, unencrypted WiFi network. In other words, a WiFi network that doesn’t require a password before you can connect to it. * Install Firefox and the Firesheep

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Show threadEric VitielloAug 30, 2025
@codinghorror It really is obnoxious that this isn’t a browser function. I would have saved SO many hours of effort.
Show threadStarkRG

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Everyone should install Privacy Badger from the @eff

https://privacybadger.org/

You can also disable cookies more broadly or set your browser's security higher, though that can sometimes break things that you don't want broken.

To be honest, though, privacy badger and ublock manage to disable most tracking without breaking anything else, even if those notices continue to pop up. Turning on the Do Not Track browser functionality can actually make you easier to track.

Privacy Badger

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