...I just turned Ghostery back on, but I am still getting clicks from Youtube. So is that a false positive from the Collusion that it "attempted to set a cookie" or is Youtube setting something else that Ghostery can't find and block?I wondered about this also, and am working to figure out whether these pests are actually being blocked.-TaoPhoenix (March 14, 2012, 06:55 PM)
What happens if I set my browser to disallow all cookies period? I know I'll lose "a little functionality" but do y'all expect entire sites to break if they can't set cookies?Why not try it and see? You will at any rate discover which sites are designed not to work for you unless you let them set/read cookies.-TaoPhoenix (May 02, 2012, 12:26 AM)
What happens if I set my browser to disallow all cookies period? I know I'll lose "a little functionality" but do y'all expect entire sites to break if they can't set cookies?Why not try it and see? You will at any rate discover which sites are designed not to work for you unless you let them set/read cookies.-TaoPhoenix (May 02, 2012, 12:26 AM)-IainB (May 02, 2012, 08:05 AM)
Good luck in the cookie labyrinth.-IainB (May 08, 2012, 10:09 AM)
So now I'll see how far I get with the Third Party ones off.-TaoPhoenix (May 08, 2012, 08:45 AM)
I've had Third Party cookies turned off for years without causing me any problems but then again, if a site relies on the fact that you need to accept Third Party cookies then I just don't go to it after the first time.Thanks for reminding me!
Cookies are also only kept until I exit Firefox then they're cleared, again, causes me no ill effects. Google cookies are either blocked or anonymised so it's a bit hard for them to build any type of cohesive personal profile on my browsing habits and probably explains why after 2 months I have no humongous chains in Collusion like IainB did after 24 hours ;)
(see attachment in previous post (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=30135.msg287992#msg287992))-4wd (May 08, 2012, 08:43 PM)
...How do you anonymise them?
...Google cookies are either blocked or anonymised
...-4wd (May 08, 2012, 08:43 PM)
How do you anonymise them?-IainB (May 13, 2012, 02:06 AM)
This site is a central location for information on how to move your data in and out of Google products.
I think the reason I get all those Google hits is because I am logged in to Gmail most of the time I am online, even though I might not be using it.-IainB (May 14, 2012, 05:26 AM)
nor do I get ads related to anything I type, (after disabling other addons), since installing it, eg. as Renegade found here (http://cynic.me/2012/04/20/google-opt-out-is-bullshit/).-4wd (May 13, 2012, 06:37 AM)
Well, after three weeks of running Change Referer Button (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/change-referer-button/) and RefControl (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/refcontrol/) my Collusion graph looks like this:Now that's impressive. Thanks. Installing them now...
...-4wd (January 26, 2013, 08:24 PM)