[kwlug-disc] PSA: Clear your cookies

[Doug Moen]

I recommend UBlock Origin because it blocks a lot of malware while remaining easy to use, and it has a good open source reputation. Also, the element blocker (which blocks specific elements of web pages) is quite useful.

I also run NoScript and block all javascript by default, unless I explicitly enable it. I do not recommend this because it makes web browsing very difficult.

I still use Chrome for those circumstances where I want to log in to Google, otherwise I don't recommend Chrome. I have discovered that if you configure Chrome to block Google cookies (blocking by domain name), then Chrome will ignore that configuration and store Google cookies anyway. I use Google calendar to keep track of Watcamp events. Google still manages to track me on Firefox anyway despite all my technology. I use Tor browser if I don't want Google to see me.

On Mon, Apr 13, 2020, at 7:06 PM, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
> 
> I tend to have my Firefox options locked down:
> 
> - Privacy and Security -> Content Blocking set to strict
> - Privacy and Security -> Set Do Not Track (as if it matters)
> - Privacy and Security -> Never remember passwords
> - Privacy and Security -> Never remember history
> - Home -> New Windows and Tabs -> New Tab is blank
> - Search -> Disable Google
> - Privacy Badger extension
> 
> I ought to put on uBlock or something but I have not done so.
> 
> My understanding was that when I get out of Firefox my cookies will
> all be deleted. This is not necessarily so. I used to run an extension
> (that does not work anymore?) called "Self-Destructing Cookies" that I
> thought wold take care of getting rid of my cookies, but I guess it
> did not work. When I looked in Privacy and Security -> Cookies and
> Site Data -> Manage Data I saw there were cookies from two years ago
> sitting in my browser profile, tracking me all over the Internets. 
> This makes me upset, but it is a good lesson.
> 
> The moral of the story: check your cookies periodically.
> 
> - Paul
> 
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