Hacker News with Generative AI: Cookies

Google is scrapping its planned changes for third-party cookies in Chrome (theverge.com)
Google’s plan to phase out third-party cookies in Chrome is officially over.

Google, Cookies, Chrome, Privacy, Technology

7 points by thunderbong 13 days ago | 1 comments

Google won't ditch third-party cookies in Chrome after all (arstechnica.com)
Google drops plans for a one-click prompt to disable tracking cookies.

Google, Cookies, Privacy, Web Browsing, Technology

131 points by jnord 13 days ago | 79 comments

Google will keep cookies and skip opt-out option in Chrome (privacysandbox.com)
The goal of the Privacy Sandbox initiative is to develop new ways to strengthen online privacy while ensuring a sustainable, ad-supported internet.

Privacy, Google Chrome, Advertising, Web Development, Cookies

38 points by thm 13 days ago | 12 comments

Tell HN: Sites are bluffing with their cookie pop-ups (ycombinator.com)
For the longest time I always hit "Accept all", because if I'm going to look at stuff like wikileaks etc. I use incognito mode, and I obviously wanted to use the site requesting permission, so I didn't want it to break. Just for fun I've started to always click "Reject all" or "Necessary only" or whatever the non-"Accept all" option is, and...not a single site has functioned worse in any way.

Privacy, User Experience, Web Development, Cookies

8 points by ConspiracyFact 22 days ago | 10 comments

This site uses cookies to store the fact you clicked “Accept Cookies” (rodyne.com)
Please don’t read this if you are in the EU.

Privacy, Cookies, EU Regulations, Website Design

29 points by boznz 25 days ago | 56 comments

Bulletproof Sessions: Secure Session Handling Without Cookies (tudorconstantin.com)
As if there weren't enough session handling mechanisms (session id's in each URL, cookies, http only cookies, JWT tokens in the request header), let me introduce you a novel one: having a service worker that intercepts and cryptographically signs all the requests to the origin.

Security, Web Development, JavaScript, Cookies, Session Management

10 points by thunderbong 41 days ago | 1 comments

Browser spec to eventually replace GDPR and cookie banners (w3c.github.io)
This document defines a signal, transmitted over HTTP and through the DOM, that conveys a person's request to websites and services to not sell or share their personal information with third parties. This standard is intended to work with existing and upcoming legal frameworks that render such requests enforceable.

Privacy, Web Standards, Legislation, Cookies

16 points by BostonFern 90 days ago | 7 comments

Counting unique web site visitors without using cookies, UIDs, or fingerprinting (normally.com)
Building a web analytics service without cookies poses a tricky problem: How do you distinguish unique visitors?

Web Analytics, Privacy, Technology, Cookies

12 points by fanf2 147 days ago | 4 comments

Europeans spend 575M hours clicking on cookie banners a year (substack.com)
Europeans spend 575 million hours clicking on cookie banners a year.

Europe, Privacy, Cookies, Web, User Experience

79 points by rholmes84 168 days ago | 101 comments

Analysis of economic and productivity losses caused by cookie banners in Europe (legiscope.com)
Europeans Spend 575 Million Hours Clicking Cookie Banners Every Year

Europe, Cookies, Privacy, Economics, Productivity

332 points by vegasbrianc 172 days ago | 381 comments

No same site = None cookies for iOS18 (github.com/WebKit)
iOS 18 does not allow a client application to specify SameSite=None