Firefox third party cookie protection is not working. Steve Gibson's cookie test failed on my Firefox last week and I wondered if that was an anomaly. Apparently not and was discussed in this weeks Security NOW!.
Follow this link to see what cookies your browser is giving away and storing.
https://www.grc.com/cookies/forensics.htm?nh1bhnz0hr4uc
My results just now. I set Firefox to NOT allow 3rd party cookies.
@ecksmc I changed from "standard" tracking protection to "custom" and selected "all cross site cookies" to be disallowed and now I'm all green like you.
We'll see if that breaks any functionality. Thanks for helping. 😎 👍🏿
@Dane all cross site tracking still allows some 3rd party cookies to be installed toggle all 3rd party cookies will stop any & all 3rd party cookies being installed during seasons
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@Dane I would leave it off and just toggle 3rd party cookies off via settings, not 3rd party tracking cookies ALL 3rd party cookies... - like the browsers I used for test, all 3rd party cookies are toggled off, you should get all green results that way
Sidenote:
Why Firefox Total Cookie Protection Won't Stop Companies From Tracking You
https://www.makeuseof.com/firefox-total-cookie-protection-companies-tracking-you/
@ecksmc nice web site BTW 👍🏿
.makeuseof.com
@Dane yeah some good stuff I've found on that site and can be a good resource for finding tips and tricks as well as goof explainers on things
I've actually got a search shortcut for that site set via chrome on ChromeOS input MUO [tab] then search query into omnibox, address/search bar, to get results
@ecksmc interesting. I wonder the cause. I'm going to turn off cookie protection in Firefox, reboot and turn them back on.