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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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[–] mikarv@someone.elses.computer 139 points 1 year ago (4 children)

@Weslee consent-o-matic, made by @midasnouwens https://consentomatic.au.dk. the one recommended below auto accepts them or blocks the notice, while consent-o-matic sends the legally binding reject signal.

[–] shakyhans@lemmy.nz 27 points 1 year ago

Been using this a couple of weeks and it is great. Looking forward to more add-ons like this coming to Firefox for Android.

[–] Lemmchen@feddit.de 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/consent-o-matic/

This add-on is built and maintained by workers at Aarhus University in Denmark. We are privacy researchers that got tired of seeing how companies violate the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Because the organisations that enforce the GDPR do not have enough resources, we built this add-on to help them out.

Nice!

https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic

[–] Inductor@feddit.de 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would also recommend consent-o-matic. It works really well, and has a really simple interface for letting the devs know when it doesn't work.

[–] lmaydev@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

They should detect if you're in the EU and auto report the sites haha

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Does it work for Firefox on Android?

[–] ragica@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

It works in the current Firefox for Android beta version.

[–] bloubz@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Extensions will soon be ported to mobile Firefox, if the developers do it

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[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

no, desktop only for now

[–] ad_on_is@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ublock origin, using the "annoyences" filter list

[–] Deckweiss@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

akaik that doesn't reject the cookies, which are accepted by default.

[–] hikaru755@feddit.de 29 points 1 year ago

Not if the site is actually GDPR compliant they are not. You are only allowed to set tracking cookies after consent has been obtained, which cannot be assumed before the visitor has made a choice.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Omg, thank you so much!

[–] hyperspace@kbin.social 40 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Consent-o-matic automatically goes through the cookie banner and makes sure everything is disabled instead of simply blocking the banner

[–] SloganLessons@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Strongly recommend this one. It’s also available for chromium, Safari, and iOS

[–] Weslee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you, I'll check it out

[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

uBlock Origin to block 3rd party JS.

NoScript to specifically allow certain functions of certain domains serving JS.

Both of these combined make sure I never see such banners because, well, no JS allowed for most things.

Also Cookie Autodelete with Firefox containers. Even if someone happened to store cookies in my browser, they are gone by the time I close the tab. Also FF containers prevent the proliferation of cookies across tabs if in different profiles.

[–] nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does noscript blocks unnecessary JavaScript automatically, or do we need to manually add rules?

[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

NoScript blocks (almost) everything by default. You can then allow, temporarily allow, or selectively allow specific types of capabilities that JS from a domain can run, on either every page or on the specific FQDN. Or you can explicitly block the script(s).

The reason I said almost in the first line is because you can customise the default behaviour of NoScript to allow/disallow certain capabilities to scripts you haven't provided custom permissions/encountered before.

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[–] Crul@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not an answer, but a warning: I've tried a couple of them and they may break some sites and I found very difficult to debug (probably because how many addons I have). If you notice weird things, try disabling the addon.

I just installed the recommmended Consent-O-Matic and it does work in the only website I remember was broken with other addons. Looks promising, thanks!

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[–] furzegulo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago (5 children)
[–] mikarv@someone.elses.computer 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@furzegulo consent-o-matic, made by @midasnouwens https://consentomatic.au.dk. the idontcareaboutcookies one doesn’t do what you want as it auto accepts them or blocks the notice, while consent-o-matic sends a legally binding reject signal.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

It would be cool if this one could get the "recommended" status from Firefox. Would get more installs that way

[–] furzegulo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

i see, i'll install it right away. thanks!

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[–] ndonkersloot@feddit.nl 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I started using consent-o-matic on my android phone in Mull, this does exactly what you describes. It accepts and rejects the settings you like.

https://consentomatic.au.dk/

[–] snazzles@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Works great on firefox desktop too

[–] JeromeVancouver@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

Something I didn't realize I needed until I read this. Thanks for the post

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use in Vivaldi blocker this filterlists, which can be added also in uBO, they are working fine.

[–] Weslee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm guessing that would also work on ublock origin on Firefox?

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think so, at least for me it works fine, never seen a cookie advice again. Try it Alternatively you can use this extension apart of uBO, in case when the site require to desactivate the adblocker.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Remember to use Firefox containers, then you can accept all the cookies you want and they will never see outside of the container (you have to put the website in a container though)

[–] Toribor@corndog.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's pretty laborious to do this for casual browsing though. The websites I visit regularly where it'd be worth configuring this aren't the ones with cookies I'm worried about.

[–] KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Doesnt this mean that you're by default agreeing to the cookies though ? I've tested not responding to the pop up on several websites and they all write cookies if you don't respond

[–] KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

You are right; I should have fully read OP's post before advising.

In my case, all cookies (except the ones I marked as exception) are deleted when browser is closed. Note, 3rd party cookies are by default blocked on Firefox.

I found this to be right setup for me.

Sorry, for the confusion.

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[–] Zahtu@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ghostery has a never consent option, so the popups show up shortly and are automatically closed. Doe not work 100% of times, but most times. For me, it's perfectly suitable.

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[–] FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Use uBlock. Either with a list or learn to use the selector tool to remove the overlays/scripts directly. That is what I do for the GF's PC so she can watch YT.

Edit: It looks like an eyedrop tool. So it might also be called that.

[–] Weslee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was hoping there is one that works for all pages without needing to select them manually

[–] FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

Fair, but you will be surprised how often people simply revisit the same sites, over and over. You do it once, it is done for life. Also, it takes like 3-4 seconds. It is worth the investment of a few seconds. Or at least, that is what I have found.

[–] BlastboomStrice@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year 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/

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