New browser signal could make cookie banners obsolete

Re:New browser signal could make cookie banners obsolete by loloquwowndueo on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @07:12AM (#27527159)

“ I want a plugin that automatically says "OK" to cookie banners.”

Try “I don’t care about cookies” :)

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

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Re:New browser signal could make cookie banners obsolete by bwindels on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @07:22AM (#27527227)

Is this extension trustworthy? It is "recommended" and says GPL3 but there is no link to the source code anywhere.

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Re:New browser signal could make cookie banners obsolete by tcit on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @07:27AM (#27527271)

The author doesn't publish the extension sources. https://reddit.com/comments/bru6wd/comment/eohtox3

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Re:New browser signal could make cookie banners obsolete by grey_earthling on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @07:41AM (#27527363)

Their argument is that the extension as it's distributed is essentially a zip file containing the source code.

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Re:New browser signal could make cookie banners obsolete by cratermoon on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @02:29PM (#27531836)

I don't think that's quite in compliance with GPL3, but I'm not a lawyer. The bundled release artifact doesn't allow someone to build the extension, and I think GPL3 takes that into account. If I have a Java program, I have the bytecode, and unless it's been run through and obfuscator, I can pretty easily recreate the Java code. But the GPL3 doesn't count that as compliant.

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Re:New browser signal could make cookie banners obsolete by denton-scratch on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @11:26AM (#27529583)

Thanks - I'm looking into that.

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Re:New browser signal could make cookie banners obsolete by joepie91_ on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @08:52AM (#27527945)

A much better option is Consent-o-Matic, which will reject cookies for you automatically.

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