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Is there any Firefox extension to automatically reject cookie popups? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm so fed up of these cookie popups requiring a few extra clicks to reject, are there any extensions that will automatically opt out or reject additional cookies?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/popupoff/

Popupoff simply removes those pop ups and since you can't see the dialog to accept the cookies it is like not having given consent to cookies. (It sometimes makes the site not work properly, but you can set global and site specific to mitigate the issues.)

I even asked the developer here to make sure.

I also managed to install it on my android, to do this follow this guide https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2020/09/29/expanded-extension-support-in-firefox-for-android-nightly/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Thanks! I think Firefox is getting native extension support soon,I'll have a look into this one too

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

In the EU this means no third parties. Rest of the world its opt-out. You may not want this.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I don't know of any extension that DENY cookies for firefox but it's built into #duckduckgo

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (6 children)

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/i-dont-care-about-cookies/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

That's what i use. Unfortunately it breaks some sites.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

You can change your settings within firefox to dump all cookies on exit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Not exactly what I'm after, but thanks for the reply anyway

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Allowing cookies enables sites to gather information about you. If you delete cookies, they still got this information. Especially as there are ad tracking providers tra tracking you by mail and so on