What does it mean to ‘accept’ or ‘reject’ all cookies, and which should I choose?
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tl;dr: "Reject All" will not break the site.
Also, technically there's still a cookie after that:
The choice is recorded in a consent cookie
The article seems to ride on people's anxiety about walls of text & choices presented by various cookie popups (not all of which even have a "Reject all" option) and IMHO isn't quite clear enough that "Reject all" is the best option for 99% of use cases.
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I generally reject all. Then check for those sneaky sites that keep "legitimate interest" cookies ticked. I really doubt their idea of legitimate and my idea of legitimate align in any way.
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Not according to Cookie Monster! He accepts all cookies. Always.
It’s good enough for me.
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I generally reject all. Then check for those sneaky sites that keep "legitimate interest" cookies ticked. I really doubt their idea of legitimate and my idea of legitimate align in any way.
I have no idea how an ad servicing company I have never heard of could have a legitimate interest in my online activities.
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Horrendous that this isn't just a browser setting that can be applied universally. It's 100% opt out every time.
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I have no idea how an ad servicing company I have never heard of could have a legitimate interest in my online activities.
They have an interest, but it isn't in your best interest.
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Horrendous that this isn't just a browser setting that can be applied universally. It's 100% opt out every time.
Ublock Origin has that option!
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Horrendous that this isn't just a browser setting that can be applied universally. It's 100% opt out every time.
Well, it could have been but just like
robot.txteveryone ignored the Do-not-track Header in HTTP requests. -
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If I'm given the option, I always choose to reject all. I don't know if the company behind it actually sees that or not, but it makes me feel better anyway.
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It's kinda funny that they're "legitimate interest", as that infers that the other ones aren't legitmate.
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tl;dr: "Reject All" will not break the site.
Also, technically there's still a cookie after that:
The choice is recorded in a consent cookie
The article seems to ride on people's anxiety about walls of text & choices presented by various cookie popups (not all of which even have a "Reject all" option) and IMHO isn't quite clear enough that "Reject all" is the best option for 99% of use cases.
My flow is usually:
[when my cookie auto decline eztension doesn’t work]
- Look for Reject All button
- If no reject all button just open the site on an archive
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Horrendous that this isn't just a browser setting that can be applied universally. It's 100% opt out every time.
https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic
This can do it for you on most sites in most browsers. -
https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic
This can do it for you on most sites in most browsers.I have it, and it does help, but it seems more often than not I still get a pop up for cookies.
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https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic
This can do it for you on most sites in most browsers.That's unnecessary. Not clicking anything is legally identical to opting out. So just install uBO and add the cookie list filter and block those annoying banners entirely.
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Well, it could have been but just like
robot.txteveryone ignored the Do-not-track Header in HTTP requests.That's why I leave this off. Ironically the "Do Not Track" signal is used to more effectively track you.
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I have it, and it does help, but it seems more often than not I still get a pop up for cookies.
You can report websites that it failed to act upon in the extension window
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If I'm given the option, I always choose to reject all. I don't know if the company behind it actually sees that or not, but it makes me feel better anyway.
If the site doesnt work without cookies depends on how much I want to browse I will accept knowing that my browser nukes everything or I will just not browse that site.
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I use uMatrix to control exactly which cookies I accept, and only accept what I need.
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That's unnecessary. Not clicking anything is legally identical to opting out. So just install uBO and add the cookie list filter and block those annoying banners entirely.
You're not wrong, but in my experience those lists cause some sites to not work anymore, the whole site will stay dark waiting for the cookie pop-up for example, or you can't scroll. I still use uBO to block ads but Consent-O-Matic gives me a better experience on those sites.
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You're not wrong, but in my experience those lists cause some sites to not work anymore, the whole site will stay dark waiting for the cookie pop-up for example, or you can't scroll. I still use uBO to block ads but Consent-O-Matic gives me a better experience on those sites.
Did you try to dismiss then manually or use the filter list?
