I’m so fed up of these cookie popups requiring a few extra clicks to reject, are there any extensions that will automatically opt out or reject additional cookies?
@Weslee consent-o-matic, made by @midasnouwens https://consentomatic.au.dk. the one recommended below auto accepts them or blocks the notice, while consent-o-matic sends the legally binding reject signal.
Been using this a couple of weeks and it is great. Looking forward to more add-ons like this coming to Firefox for Android.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/consent-o-matic/
This add-on is built and maintained by workers at Aarhus University in Denmark. We are privacy researchers that got tired of seeing how companies violate the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Because the organisations that enforce the GDPR do not have enough resources, we built this add-on to help them out.
Nice!
Does it work for Firefox on Android?
It works in the current Firefox for Android beta version.
Extensions will soon be ported to mobile Firefox, if the developers do it
You can already use most extensions with Firefox mobile but its a pain in the ass… You have to create an add-on collection… Mozilla is corrupted to the bone nowadays
Having a harder, unofficial way currently and soon an easy, official one is corrupt?
no, desktop only for now
Ublock origin, using the “annoyences” filter list
akaik that doesn’t reject the cookies, which are accepted by default.
Omg, thank you so much!
Not an answer, but a warning: I’ve tried a couple of them and they may break some sites and I found very difficult to debug (probably because how many addons I have). If you notice weird things, try disabling the addon.
I just installed the recommmended Consent-O-Matic and it does work in the only website I remember was broken with other addons. Looks promising, thanks!
Sounds good, thank you!
@furzegulo consent-o-matic, made by @midasnouwens https://consentomatic.au.dk. the idontcareaboutcookies one doesn’t do what you want as it auto accepts them or blocks the notice, while consent-o-matic sends a legally binding reject signal.
It would be cool if this one could get the “recommended” status from Firefox. Would get more installs that way
i see, i’ll install it right away. thanks!
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Thanks will look into this
Use it with auto cookie delete
Works good with cookie autodelete https://addons.mozilla.org/sv-SE/firefox/addon/cookie-autodelete/
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This is it. Lots of complicated answers in this thread. It’s built into uBlock, just not on by default.
I started using consent-o-matic on my android phone in Mull, this does exactly what you describes. It accepts and rejects the settings you like.
Works great on firefox desktop too
Something I didn’t realize I needed until I read this. Thanks for the post
Remember to use Firefox containers, then you can accept all the cookies you want and they will never see outside of the container (you have to put the website in a container though)
It’s pretty laborious to do this for casual browsing though. The websites I visit regularly where it’d be worth configuring this aren’t the ones with cookies I’m worried about.
Found the answer
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/temporary-containers/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/i-dont-care-about-cookies/
One of those extensions recommended by Mozilla.
Doesnt this mean that you’re by default agreeing to the cookies though ? I’ve tested not responding to the pop up on several websites and they all write cookies if you don’t respond
You are right; I should have fully read OP’s post before advising.
In my case, all cookies (except the ones I marked as exception) are deleted when browser is closed. Note, 3rd party cookies are by default blocked on Firefox.
I found this to be right setup for me.
Sorry, for the confusion.
Is that so? That’s awful, theoretically websites shouldn’t store any until you actually agree, maybe except the “necessary” ones.
Anyways, I’d advise to use I still don’t care about cookies instead if you really want to use the extension, as the original has been acquired by Avast, of all companies.
For an extension that is more refined in how it handles the cookie pop ups there’s Consent O Matic, but in my experience it covers fewer websites so you’re either fine with that or contribute by reporting unsupported websites.
There’s also the uBlock Origin option, it has a filter list for cookie pop ups that should pretty much work like the first extension
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Oh nice! Can’t wait for it to come to stable build!
Yeah, currently scheduled for Firefox 120.
Ghostery has a never consent option, so the popups show up shortly and are automatically closed. Doe not work 100% of times, but most times. For me, it’s perfectly suitable.
Thank you, I’ll check it out
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/popupoff/
Popupoff simply removes those pop ups and since you can’t see the dialog to accept the cookies it is like not having given consent to cookies. (It sometimes makes the site not work properly, but you can set global and site specific to mitigate the issues.)
I even asked the developer here to make sure.
I also managed to install it on my android, to do this follow this guide https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2020/09/29/expanded-extension-support-in-firefox-for-android-nightly/
Thanks! I think Firefox is getting native extension support soon,I’ll have a look into this one too
Use uBlock. Either with a list or learn to use the selector tool to remove the overlays/scripts directly. That is what I do for the GF’s PC so she can watch YT.
Edit: It looks like an eyedrop tool. So it might also be called that.
I was hoping there is one that works for all pages without needing to select them manually
Fair, but you will be surprised how often people simply revisit the same sites, over and over. You do it once, it is done for life. Also, it takes like 3-4 seconds. It is worth the investment of a few seconds. Or at least, that is what I have found.
In the EU this means no third parties. Rest of the world its opt-out. You may not want this.
I just wanted something that will hide/reject the cookie banner so that no additional cookies are saved without me requiring to reject it manually
Yes, this is not as easy. There is “I still dont care about cookies” (the community version of the other one) or simply use the various “annoyances” blocklists for ublock origin. But you need to combine this with blocking third party cookies in the browser.
I don’t know of any extension that DENY cookies for firefox but it’s built into #duckduckgo
