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Comment by isaacfrond | Hacker News Reader

I've set my browser to delete cookies at close. You can accept all cookies without problem, and after lunch everything is forgotten.

A few websites that I go to often get special treatment (Hacker News!), because I'm to lazy to press ok each time.

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That's not the same.

This forces you to close the browser regularly and they can still track you while your browsing session.

Your approach doesn't say no, it's a yes with expiration date.

In the case of server side fingerprinting (used by any vendor offering cross device linking), it's likely not even providing the time limit people using this strategy believe it does

This is not just about cookies. When you accept tracking, you accept all kinds of it, including those that are not deleted on browser closing.

Cookie Autodelete is the plugin for that :)

I close my browser regularly to delete cookies on close, but i also run ccleaner regularly. Nothing worse than being logged into gmail...open youtube...already logged in. Not cool if i want to check put a video anonymously (ie not linked to my login). I also change my spoof user aget and change vpn exit, too. Regularly annoying, but i do enjoy the thought that somebody is not getting from me what they thought they might.

That would mean they get deleted every few months when an OS update forces me to reboot only. Why would I ever close my browser?

I reboot my browser weekly to service browser security patches.

What browser has weeks security holes?

Firefox fixes security 1-2x per month [0]. Chrome's security page is more difficult to grep since it includes multiple software types, but I see 1-2x per month as well [1].

[0] - https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/ [1] - https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/search/label/Stable%20...

Because you'd restart to clear cookies. Why wouldn't you? You don't lose anything when windows reopen, and you recover some leaked memory.

In addition to the problems mentioned by siblings, this also sends the wrong message: you're signaling to the website owners that you're OK with tracking (or that you don't care, which is the same).

They don't care what you think, they care how much exploitable data they get.

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