I use Cookie Autodelete. Doesn’t matter what I choose, it’s getting nuked when I close the tab. Handy to clear out IndexedDB and localStorage too, for sites that only let you read one or two pages before putting up a paywall.
CAD deletes cookies for sites as soon as I close the last tab from that domain, not just when quitting the browser.
Especially on android the settings to delete stuff on quit is pretty useless, because I never quit Firefox through the menu, I just remove it from the recent apps, which doesn’t trigger that stuff.
I’m gonna copy-paste my comment here. Please, don’t install such extensions.
Cookie extensions
❗️Sanitizing in-session is a false sense of privacy. They do nothing for IP tracking. Even Tor Browser does not sanitize in-session e.g. when you request a new circuit. A new ID requires both full sanitizing and a new IP. The same applies to Firefox
❗️Cookie extensions can lack APIs or implementation of them to properly sanitize: e.g.
⚠️ [last checked Nov 2024], Cookie Auto Delete even instructs it’s users to disable Total Cookie Protection - ⚠️ DO NOT DO THIS ⚠️
As of Firefox 86, strict mode is not supported at this time due to missing APIs to handle the Total Cookie Protection [… followed by instructions]
Does it allow you to select the ones to keep? I’d like to delete everything, but signing into the services every day is annoying as hell, so I’d appreciate a solution to keep the authentication ones.
I use Cookie Autodelete. Doesn’t matter what I choose, it’s getting nuked when I close the tab. Handy to clear out IndexedDB and localStorage too, for sites that only let you read one or two pages before putting up a paywall.
What’s the benefit of an extension over setting Firefox to autodelete and setting exceptions in the settings?
CAD deletes cookies for sites as soon as I close the last tab from that domain, not just when quitting the browser.
Especially on android the settings to delete stuff on quit is pretty useless, because I never quit Firefox through the menu, I just remove it from the recent apps, which doesn’t trigger that stuff.
Oh gotcha, I’ll have to try it out then, thanks!
You can probably rig up something similar using firefox settings depending on what your needs are for convenience and granularity.
I just meant was there a benefit to choosing an extension over Firefox’s settings
I’m gonna copy-paste my comment here. Please, don’t install such extensions.
https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions
No one said deleting cookies prevents IP tracking. Deleting cookies prevents cookie tracking.
Does it allow you to select the ones to keep? I’d like to delete everything, but signing into the services every day is annoying as hell, so I’d appreciate a solution to keep the authentication ones.
Yeah, you can manually whitelist domains (including expressions). I do this for sites where I don’t mind keeping cookies around (like lemmy).
yup. this.