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by ge96 1529 days ago
Side question, why does a site need cookies?
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ranguna 1529 days ago
Example of essential: http only secure cookies to store JWTs.

Non essential: majority of easy to use managed and mostly free analytics software.

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kevincox 1528 days ago
The most common example of required cookies is to know which user is logged in.
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