[stanleydrew]

> what I'd really like is a Chrome extension like Firefox's CookieSafe, where I can block all cookies by default and then whitelist them back in on a site-by-site basis, but nothing like that exists at the moment.

Wait what? That functionality is built into Chrome, and you configure it in the same place that you toggle deletion of all cookies on exit. What you describe above is exactly how I browse in Chrome. No extension necessary.

[RK]

There's really a night and day difference between CookieSafe style cookie management and what Chrome offers in terms of usability. CookieSafe is much nicer and no Chrome extensions seem to offer anything similar.

[stanleydrew]

I haven't used CookieSafe but I have no doubt that its functionality is more advanced than Chrome's built-in options. Chrome doesn't expose the internal APIs required to control Cookie functionality to the extension system. So we're "stuck" with that Chrome gives us, which is more than good enough for my needs.

[dhess]

For the sake of brevity, I didn't go into detail about how CookieSafe works, but try it out and you'll see why it's an entirely different experience than creating a static whitelist in a browser dialog box.