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Re:Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to a... by Agamus on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @11:39AM (#31741085)
The solution still seems to be to:

1. Use Firefox, block .js by default, and selectively allow.

2. Set browser to block cross-site cookies, and to purge all cookies when closing browser.

3. Avoid tabbed browsing, and restart browser after using a website.

I've been doing this since about 2006. It's inconvenient, but gives some peace of mind.

Re:Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to a... by dahart on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @11:51AM (#31741212)
That’d certainly prevent most tracking, yeah. This new Firefox feature should make #2 and #3 unnecessary.

I think this feature by Firefox is great, and privacy options are getting objectively better, if slowly. But the cynic in me guessing that server side tracking methods are going to start getting secretly better, if they haven’t already.

Re:Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to a... by madacol on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @05:59PM (#31746584)
I'm not sure about #3. there's still sessions, localstorage, indexDB, etc
Re:Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to a... by Agamus on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @08:37PM (#31747818)
I didn't mention #4 of also purging all that other stuff when the browser closes.

Honestly, try it with me - it's not so bad. 1, 2, 3, everybody now!

Re:Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to a... by madacol on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @07:21AM (#31751417)
I don't really need to. With the extensions I use, every new tab I open is like a private windows, it has its own isolated environment.

And I can still keep sessions opened where I really need to

Re:Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to a... by KatrKat on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @01:26PM (#31742854)
The solution is political action. You're describing a workaround that only a few of the most concerned people will be willing to use.
Re:Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to a... by Agamus on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @03:00PM (#31744317)
Agreed, the solution is to work with others toward a solution.

In my defense, I don't see it as a workaround - I wouldn't use it any other way.

There was a time when one didn't need to do this, but the internet has become more cumbersome to use. Easy-breezy... just make it muscle memory, and don't look back!

Re:Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to a... by madacol on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @05:55PM (#31746542)
To reduce the burden use extension Temporary containers, so each tab opens into a clean environment.

And use Firefox container to auto-open domains on specific containers where you want to keep sessions or have a shared profile among various domains

Re:Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to a... by galaxyLogic on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @06:28PM (#31746837)
How about just using the "Delete Cookies" -feature of the browser? And maybe there's a plugin that would make that one-click process?
Re:Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to a... by kevin_thibedeau on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @01:48PM (#31743187)
I'd replace 3 with self-destructing cookies.
Re:Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to a... by matt-attack on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @09:31AM (#31752612)
I just by default use private mode. Pretty sure in Safari that helps.
Re:Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to a... by MauranKilom on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @06:12PM (#31746684)
2 and 3 are "browse in private mode", to make thing simple.