A cookie notice that seeks permission to share your details with “848 of our partners” and “actively scan device details for identification”.

  • Petter1@lemm.ee
    5·
    4 months ago

    Consent-o-matic browser extension can handle a lot of cookie banners and automatically rejects all possible cookies.

    • Void Vortex@lemmy.ml
      1·
      4 months ago

      I used to rely on Consent-O-Matic a lot, but I’m somewhat uncomfortable by the fact that the extension has full access to all web page content. I mean I understand why, but I’m still uncomfortable with it. In the end I ended up uninstalling it because it broke some sites so that they wouldn’t load at all, or got stuck into an infinite reload loop. On majority of cases it works alright though.

      • Petter1@lemm.ee
        1·
        4 months ago

        Yea, every extension has full access to any website, if you not make use of a whitelist/blacklist.

        • Void Vortex@lemmy.ml
          11·
          4 months ago

          Some extensions, such as SponsorBlock for YouTube actually limit themselves so they can only operate when the browser is on youtube.com. This can be declared in the extension manifest. It’s a separate permission to access data on all web sites vs. access data on a specific website.

          • xthexder@l.sw0.com
            2·
            4 months ago

            Not helpful when something like Consent-o-matic needs to operate on every possible website with a cookie banner.

            I have had the same concerns, since watching it click through things faster than I can see is scary. Maybe some day someone sneaks in a cookie banner detector that activates on banking pages to steal your money? uBlock Origin has similar risks, but at least it’s not actively controlling browser inputs.

    • filister@lemmy.world
      1·
      4 months ago

      Reject all is actually you agreeing on the legitimate interests loophole so this is also problematic.