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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsCleaned out my Cookies. Good to do, taking care selectively
First, somebody gigged me for passing on the tip that for sites that have a limit on free reading deleting the Cookie reinstates the limit anew. Yes, it's fair to pay for a commodity. I forget what my defense was.
Next, it's a humongous list of Cookies, most of which have indecipherable labels. If you're not sure whether it might be something useful, leave it alone.
* The listing is in alphabetical order, and the "A" part is extra long, think "ADVERTISING". If it's got "ad" in there, it's some form of "advertisement" and fine to Delete.
* There are sites (think, DU) and your credit union and such that you want to keep so that you don't have to login, so keep those.
* There are definitely unfriendly sites, like FoxNews, that have no business tracking us, so DELETE.
* Saying again, the NYT and WaPo and VanityFair are limited-reading quota so make your choice.
* That said, there are friendly sites that, as far as I'm concerned, don't need to be tracking me, no matter how neutral or friendly, so I Delete those.
* Sites have multiple Cookies - like, first under "N" for NYT and then under "W" for www.NYT
*************I'm low tech, so SUPERCEDE me with your knowledge, I guess also including criticism.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)You can use porn ... errrr ... 'incognito' or 'private' mode on your browser, which is a bit more convenient ...
CTRL-SHIFT-N in Chrome.
Just sayin' ...
Fla Dem
(23,905 posts)Get a drop down menu with "Open link in incognito window" as an option.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Demit
(11,238 posts)Oops too late
UTUSN
(70,810 posts)Last edited Wed May 22, 2019, 02:22 PM - Edit history (1)
msongs
(67,509 posts)3rd party cookies are set by sites you are NOT actually on. still allows cookies for sites you are on.
UTUSN
(70,810 posts)Demit
(11,238 posts)UTUSN
(70,810 posts)another poster. Thanks again.
Response to UTUSN (Reply #11)
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Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)a good idea to clean things up on occasion.
UTUSN
(70,810 posts)IcyPeas
(21,957 posts)UTUSN
(70,810 posts)Response to UTUSN (Reply #13)
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