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Re:Sigh, this is what browsing the web in the EU looks like ... by turquoisevar on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @01:45PM (#36959563)
Really?

Did Netscape 3.0 have per-site options to enable cookies and specifically allow/block third party cookies?

If so, that’s impressive.

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Re:Sigh, this is what browsing the web in the EU looks like ... by lkbm on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @01:53PM (#36959691)
IIRC, no, it wasn't per-site, but disallowing third-party cookies overall was a setting in 3.x.

The more relevant aspect, I think, is that there's an essential/non-essential distinction in the law, which differs from 1st-party/3rd-party.

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Re:Sigh, this is what browsing the web in the EU looks like ... by jamedjo on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @10:12PM (#36966120)
Our machines always had Cookie Pal [0] installed on them, and it allowed per domain settings for rejecting cookies and control over third party cookies [1].

> Cookie Pal includes the following features:

> Automatically and transparently accepts or rejects cookies from all or specified servers without user interaction.

> Cookies received from unspecified servers can be automatically accepted or rejected without user interaction, or the user can be asked for confirmation.

> "On the fly" adding of servers to the accept from and reject from lists, allows you to manually accept or reject a cookie the first time it is received and then have it automatically accepted or rejected every time it is received thereafter.

[0] https://web.archive.org/web/19971012223847/http://www.kburra...

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20010331050614/http://www.kburra...

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