Newb question: what does it really mean when I click “Reject Nonessential Cookies”? Am I really being any more private by rejecting these? Just feels greasy like it’s a workaround for websites to get my information anyway? Should I navigate away from any sites that suggest this cookie configuration?

  • foremanguy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    6 months ago

    If you’re a bit pro privacy you should use a browser that reset all the cookies at each closes. So it just doesn’t matter if you refused cookies or not. And you should 100% use Ublock Origin. If think that by default (or with some tweakings) it blocks most of the banners but if you’re not happy with only ublock, I suggest you to try I still don’t care about cookies

      • foremanguy@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        I think that even if you want to harden your Firefox you should use mullvad browser (or librewolf) and then harden it a bit if you want

        • OnePhoenix@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          1·
          5 months ago

          I’ve heard of these but haven’t given them a long look. What is it about mullvad or librewolf that people prefer over Firefox?

          • foremanguy@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1·
            5 months ago

            In fact you could do every thing that mullvad and librewolf do so you should use mullvad and librewolf and if you want, harden the browser on it. In fact you don’t start as low as firefox