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Re:Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-ess... by raverbashing on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @10:01AM (#43832772)
My ideal solution to this would be: accept all cookies, then delete them after page unload
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Re:Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-ess... by jorvi on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @12:09PM (#43834556)
This is what Brave's "Forgetful Browsing" does. There's even a slight delay, in case you accidentally closed the tab.

You can configure the "Cookie Autodelete" extension to behave in a similar way.

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Re:Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-ess... by probably_wrong on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @11:22AM (#43833904)
Note that "I agree to tracking" and "I agree to cookies" are two different things. If you agree to tracking then a website can fingerprint you in any way they see fit, including methods that do not depend on cookies.
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Re:Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-ess... by sneak on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @10:37AM (#43833286)
This is what the extension Cookie Autodelete does. It even allows you to make an exclusion list of ones you wish to persist.
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Re:Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-ess... by gear54rus on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @10:12AM (#43832942)
this is called incognito mode
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Re:Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-ess... by knowitnone on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @02:09PM (#43836051)
this means they track you for your duration. ideal solution is accept all cookies and randomly modify the values so it becomes a jumbled mess to their analytics
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