I've not done it myself, but I'm pretty sure you can configure Cookie AutoDelete or similar extensions to block everything except specific cookies for any given domain. I don't think you could accomplish it with just a file saved locally, the browser isn't generally able to read local files without using an extension.
this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2024
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The only problem with not deleting all cookies with some automatic tool is it will make it easier to fingerprint you. Anything difference with your browser's behaviour is fingerprintable.
Also, check your this section from the Arkenfox wiki (made by experts on browser fingerprinting):
🟪 DON'T BOTHER: Cookie extensions
- ❗️Sanitizing in-session is a false sense of privacy. They do nothing for IP tracking. Even Tor Browser does not sanitize in-session e.g. when you request a new circuit. A new ID requires both full sanitizing and a new IP. The same applies to Firefox
- ❗️Cookie extensions can lack APIs or implementation of them to properly sanitize: e.g.
- ⚠️ [last checked Nov 2024], Cookie Auto Delete even instructs it's users to disable Total Cookie Protection - ⚠️ DO NOT DO THIS ⚠️
"As of Firefox 86, strict mode is not supported at this time due to missing APIs to handle the Total Cookie Protection [... followed by instructions]"
i do something like this on firefox and the container tabs feature.
i create a set of container tabs for websites that do tracking with cookies and only visit that website using its dedicated container so that it looks like i ONLY use my browser to go to ONLY go to that one website from the trackers perspective.
i also started using privacy badger and ghostery to give the tracker junk information to make all the data harvesting useless; but i don't know if it works yet.
Can you force the browser to send a cookie header to the DuckDuckGo website? I think there are plugins that add headers to specific websites.