[tor-talk] [OT[ New web-cookie policies on internet

2014-05-29 Thread grarpamp
Anyone else noticing slashdot, google, and a few other big ones i can't recall, now throwing annoying popups with 'hey, we're using cookies, click to agree to this' ? What new legal groupthink bs is behind this? -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change othe

Re: [tor-talk] [OT[ New web-cookie policies on internet

2014-05-29 Thread Joe Btfsplk
On 5/29/2014 8:18 PM, grarpamp wrote: Anyone else noticing slashdot, google, and a few other big ones i can't recall, now throwing annoying popups with 'hey, we're using cookies, click to agree to this' ? What new legal groupthink bs is behind this? I don't use gobble, but I've noticed a few more

Re: [tor-talk] [OT[ New web-cookie policies on internet

2014-05-29 Thread Michael Wolf
On 5/29/2014 9:18 PM, grarpamp wrote: > Anyone else noticing slashdot, google, and a few > other big ones i can't recall, now throwing annoying > popups with 'hey, we're using cookies, click to agree > to this' ? What new legal groupthink bs is behind this? It has to do with some law in the EU[1]

Re: [tor-talk] [OT[ New web-cookie policies on internet

2014-05-29 Thread grarpamp
Here's one such silly new popup (from /., google uses a blurb at the top of the page), it might be country based and probably only affects users who properly clear their cookies. I just wish they'd tell the user what else they do, like mine them. Your Choice Regarding Cookies on this Site Cookies

Re: [tor-talk] [OT[ New web-cookie policies on internet

2014-05-30 Thread Mike Cardwell
* on the Thu, May 29, 2014 at 10:40:24PM -0400, Michael Wolf wrote: >> Anyone else noticing slashdot, google, and a few >> other big ones i can't recall, now throwing annoying >> popups with 'hey, we're using cookies, click to agree >> to this' ? What new legal groupthink bs is behind this? > > I

Re: [tor-talk] [OT[ New web-cookie policies on internet

2014-05-30 Thread Joe Btfsplk
On 5/30/2014 2:11 AM, Mike Cardwell wrote: * on the Thu, May 29, 2014 at 10:40:24PM -0400, Michael Wolf wrote: Anyone else noticing slashdot, google, and a few other big ones i can't recall, now throwing annoying popups with 'hey, we're using cookies, click to agree to this' ? What new legal g

Re: [tor-talk] [OT[ New web-cookie policies on internet

2014-05-30 Thread Mike Cardwell
* on the Fri, May 30, 2014 at 09:32:15AM -0500, Joe Btfsplk wrote: Anyone else noticing slashdot, google, and a few other big ones i can't recall, now throwing annoying popups with 'hey, we're using cookies, click to agree to this' ? What new legal groupthink bs is behind this?

Re: [tor-talk] [OT[ New web-cookie policies on internet

2014-05-30 Thread Joe Btfsplk
On 5/30/2014 12:58 PM, Mike Cardwell wrote: * on the Fri, May 30, 2014 at 09:32:15AM -0500, Joe Btfsplk wrote: Myself and a few other people have been slowly building an Adblock filter list to remove these cookie warnings from sites for about 2 years now: That's good, but how will blocking t

Re: [tor-talk] [OT[ New web-cookie policies on internet

2014-05-30 Thread Mike Cardwell
* on the Fri, May 30, 2014 at 02:51:33PM -0500, Joe Btfsplk wrote: > So the ABP filter is to block cookie notifications? Meaning, users have > to already have cookie permissions set? And for new sites, they must > remember when sites don't load or work correctly (notices are blocked), > it ma

Re: [tor-talk] [OT[ New web-cookie policies on internet

2014-06-01 Thread The Tuber
On 05/30/14 13:36, Mike Cardwell wrote: * on the Fri, May 30, 2014 at 02:51:33PM -0500, Joe Btfsplk wrote: So the ABP filter is to block cookie notifications? Meaning, users have to already have cookie permissions set? And for new sites, they must remember when sites don't load or work correc

Re: [tor-talk] [OT[ New web-cookie policies on internet

2014-06-02 Thread SecTech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 The TBB with TorButton has the ability to delete all cookies. Than the site can't track you, but you can enable first party cookies. SecTech On Sun, 01 Jun 2014 11:40:28 -0700 The Tuber wrote: > Isn't blocking first party cookies useful in that

Re: [tor-talk] [OT[ New web-cookie policies on internet

2014-06-02 Thread Joe Btfsplk
On 6/2/2014 1:49 PM, SecTech wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 The TBB with TorButton has the ability to delete all cookies. Than the site can't track you, but you can enable first party cookies. SecTech AFAIK, Torbutton doesn't have the ability to delete 1st party cookies