Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by exrook 1164 days ago
Try adding the EasyList Cookie List[0] to your adblocker to block them all.

It's present in the uBlock Origin filter list settings under Annoyances but not enabled by default. HN readers may also find some of the other default disabled filter lists interesting such as the AdGuard URL Tracking Protection list which strips tracking parameters from URLs.

[0] https://easylist.to/#easylist-cookie-list

1 comments

Note that using this blocker list can actually increase first party tracking if it blocks a properly configured user respecting consent management platform.
If it blocks the form then permsission hasn't been given, so if it is properly configured they won't be tracking you.
Not all consent managers are just forms. Some of them contain enforcement technology and some block lists do not differentiate between the forms and the enforcement technology, even when the consent managers make it easy to differentiate and block individual components.

For example, the manner in which Brave blocks Transcend Consent Manager can increase first party tracking due to Transcend Consent Manager being blocked in its entirety.