[klabb3]

> IMO we need to start normalizing being militant about this stuff again, to aggressively and adversarially defend the freedom to use your computer the way you choose to use it

Yes. As a millennial the times of civil disobedience was better. Not only did we get a better internet for consumers, but better companies were rewarded and won. Rose tinted glasses? Possibly, but there’s another reason for disobedience: the other side does it, and they do it just for money.

Concretely, is there something like Adblock that can be done for cookies? I don’t think blocking is as effective as poisoned data though. They ask for data, they should get it. If you don’t get consent, poisoned data is merely malicious compliance.

It could even be standardized as an extension to DNT: “if asking for consent after a DNT header, a UA MAY generate arbitrary synthetic data”.

[rakoo]

Use ublock origin with the "Cookie notices" custom lists. Not explicitely accepting cookies is legally the same as refusing them (now, whether websites actually respect that is the opening keynote of the Naiveté conference)

[cjs_ac]

> Concretely, is there something like Adblock that can be done for cookies?

I use a combination of two browser extensions: Cookie AutoDelete[0] and I don't care about cookies[1]. The second hides any GDPR 'compliance' popup; the first deletes any cookies set by a website when you close the last tab with it open. Both extensions have whitelist functionality.

[0] https://github.com/Cookie-AutoDelete/Cookie-AutoDelete

[1] https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/

[worble]

ublock origin now has specific filters for cookie popups, you just need to turn them on in the filter lists. I'd say this is probably preferential to downloading another addon (that already had a scare with being sold off)

[lucumo]

> I don't care about cookies[1]. The second hides any GDPR 'compliance' popup > [1] https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/

I like to use Consent-o-Matic[1] for this. IDCAC accepts tracking when ignoring the request doesn't work. CoM rejects all tracking on those popups. I like the slight Fuck Off that that sends.

[1] https://consentomatic.au.dk/

[anticensor]

Firefox has built-in consent banner decline feature, see how to enable it: https://www.ghacks.net/2022/12/24/configure-firefox-to-rejec...

[Tarq0n]

GDPR compliance isn't about cookies, it's about processing personal data. You can be tracked without cookies, so ignore these at your own peril.

[tremon]

GDPR compliance also requires explicit opt-in, so ignoring those popups has the same effect as refusing to be tracked. YMMV of course, but I don't see why ignoring cookie banners should lead to worse results than laboriously denying to be auctioned off.