When I see this, the only viable option I see is to close the site and boycott it. Any other choice would encourage more companies to do this blackmail.
this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2024
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While I agree, and I use TOR or Orbot for everything( which means quite a few things are blocked for me), this doesn't answer OP's question.
Interesting question. IMHO you're right: if you reject 3rd party cookies at browser level, so "accepting" them from the GDPR form shouldn't really matter. Plus, many browsers nowadays forbid 3rd party websites to access cookies from other websites (in my understanding)...
I'd like someone with a more deep knowledge to contribute to the discussion.
Cookie banners are not really about cookies.
What they're actually asking for is consent to process your data for profit in unethical ways. That usually involves cookies but could theoretically be done entirely without. They're just a technological standard.
You might aswell say: "We use https. [consent] [settings]"
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It is an excellent question, but there is a third option, which is also blocking at the DNS level. Firefox and Safari block 3rd party cookies by default too.
In your example I do not think there is a difference, and my firewall logs seem to confirm this.
Ublock Origin->Cookie Notices->Check all 4.
Yes, I'm aware those filters exist, but I'm asking about the practical implications of the set up I mentioned in the post.
When accepting a cookie, the cookie is stored on your machine locally for the duration of your browsing session on that site, IF you clear all cookies after a site visit with cookieautodelete. Or they are deleted after quitting the browser session, i.e. after exiting all open tabs AND you've enabled the setting to auto clear cookies.
With cookie autodelete (or firefox containers) and a normal browsing behavior it does not matter much if you accept or delete them, if there is no personal identifier like login data or IP address (always use vpn).
Consent o matic doesn't work on as many sites as istilldontcareaboutcookies and with the up and coming internal firefox functionality isdcaac will hopefully be obsolete within a year or so
I recommend you look into web fingerprinting. IP and login data are no longer the only data required to pin point you on the web.
I know how web fingerprinting works. I don't visit sites regularly that use advanced techniques which shouldn't get my info, and if, I would overthink my web browsing behavior. For regular websites it's just too much of a hassle to use advanced fingerprinting methods
How do you know they don't use "advanced techniques"? I think you gravely overestimate the complexity of adding them to a website.