Avast aquired "i-dont-care-about-cookies"

Discussion in 'other software & services' started by Brummelchen, Sep 15, 2022.

  1. nicolaasjan

    nicolaasjan Registered Member

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    That's weird.
    Just tried it, but IDCAC isn't even active on that site (no green check mark) and it loads fine here. :confused:
     
  2. SouthPark

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    When I had IDCAC installed, the site wouldn't refresh automatically or manually, but it might have been a coincidence. I had to delete a bunch of old personal uBO filters that were causing some mysterious breakages.
     
  3. SouthPark

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    I added back IDCAC on Firefox ESR alongside uBO, but this time I deleted all cookie-related personal filters from uBO, and it seems to be working fine now.
     
  4. Krusty

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    I just reinstalled I don't care about cookies, not because I was having any trouble with I still don't care about cookies, but it seems to be maintained more than ISDCAC.
     
  5. Rasheed187

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    I must admit that lately I'm seeing more and more cookie alerts with ISDCAC, not sure what's going on. I would like it if browser had a built-in feature to get rid of this crap. I believe DuckDuckGo and Firefox offer such a feature. I refuse to reinstall IDCAC because I don't trust sneaky Avast.
     
  6. Stupendous Man

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    Do you have EasyList Cookie Notices + uBlock Cookie Notices enabled in uBlock Origin filter lists? That might be helpful, together with ISDCAC. It doesn't take care of each cookie notice, I see one sporadically. I don't know if the combination with IDCAC is better, I don't use it if I don't absolutely need to.

    Regarding a browser built-in feature, I don't know about DuckDuckGo or other browsers, but in Firefox, cookie banner blocker is available starting from Firefox version 120. However, it is enabled only for users in Germany browsing in Private Browsing Mode for now.
    I guess it may be enabled in about:config, as was mentioned in the Firefox Nightly blog earlier this year. But I think I remember you don't use Firefox, so this won't be any help to you.
     
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  7. Rasheed187

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    I think I have disabled those filters because sometimes websites can't load correctly, and then you need an easy way to disable those lists, this can only be done by a standalone extension like ISDCAC. I also feel like certain websites have implemented non standard cookie alerts.

    Yes, I read about Firefox and DDG having such a feature, did you test it? I will request such a feature for Vivaldi.
     
  8. Stupendous Man

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    No, I'm sorry, I don't use DuckDuckGo browser. And in Firefox, I don't use the new cookie banner blocker.
    Firefox new cookie banner blocker is enabled only for users in Germany browsing in Private Browsing Mode for now. I haven't tried enabling it in about:config preferences. And I think I read it's still rather limited.
     
  9. Rasheed187

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    OK I see, perhaps I will check it out in the future. I can't download DDG because the MS Store app is broken on my Win 10 machine, I need to do a complete reinstall to make it work, but I don't feel like it.
     
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