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Google Just Disabled Cookies for 30 Million Chrome Users. Here’s How to Tell If You’re One of Them | It’s the beginning of the end in Google’s plan to kill cookies forever (gizmodo.com)
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Google Just Disabled Cookies for 30 Million Chrome Users. Here’s How to Tell If You’re One of Them | It’s the beginning of the end in Google’s plan to kill cookies forever::It’s the beginning of the end in Google’s plan to kill cookies forever.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

So that means Chrome won't spy on me anymore, right?

... right guys?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

third party cookies != cookies

Unless they've invented a stateful http, cookies aren't going anywhere.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

You don't need cookies to keep track of the state. JavaScript can do that without cookies, 3rd party clients can do that without cookies.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Well there it is, the dumbest thing I’ve read on the internet today.

Go back to basics and start with html.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

Lol ok.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Still, the use of cookies as key elements used to persist client session identifiers in the browser is too widespread and relied upon by prevalent web powerhouses like PHP for Google to do away with them.

Moreover, as much as there may be more modern, sleek alternatives like browser session and application storage, you can't realistically expect the entire web industry to completely migrate away from cookies just like that.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The amount of tech relying on cookies is slowly decreasing. Removing cookie support completely today is not an option, but it will be in the future.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There's also a lot of security gotchas when relying purely on JS.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Just lik with any tech. So what? Stop using internet alltogether?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Nah, cookies + JS is a solid authentication combo. But just JS without cookies is kinda vulnerable. Wouldnt want Paypal or taxes being purely Javascript authenticated.

Heres a fun article

https://betterprogramming.pub/understanding-auth-and-cookies-for-web-applications-33016c588cf9

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

The article is paywalled. And if someone is incapable of securing their JS app, that's on them. Cookies won't help.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Just because something exists does not mean that it should be used literally everyfuckingwhere

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

Go live in a cave.