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Shudder. I got lured/herded into using Chrome, and only now did I learn that third party cookies have been enabled this whole time.
Firefox disables third party cookies by default, but not Chrome!
Anyhow, here is a simple video showing how to disable third party cookies in Chrome in case anybody here needs to take care of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwwx_LLnRkM
Oh, and the way I found out I had third party cookies enabled was by going to 'what is my browser dot com'...
You can check with any browser.
That's all, folks - have a good day!
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Oh my God.
I didn't know anything about this.
I begrudgingly use Chrome on one of my devices.
Thank you for this thread.
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02-06-2019, 05:42 PM
You're welcome! I am quite horrified that Chrome has been doing this all year but yes, at least it's easy to adjust once you know.
Also, thank *you* for warning about those DNA ancestry tests... that was a close call, don't know how I could have been so clueless. I was even going to get one of those kits for somebody as a gift. OMG, thanks for setting me straight!
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Hey, I didn't even notice that a thread about ancestry/DNA testing is right here, right now.
I changed my mind when you first featured all of those different videos of people who had taken those
tests and were filming their reactions.
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You are so welcome.
I know they make it seem so attractive...
Nobody can be blamed for falling into the "trap"... it's all a matter of being informed.
People just don't want to assume the worst, and they are taken advantage of.
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02-06-2019, 07:08 PM
Guest?!
Do you disapprove of us disabling our 3rd party cookies?!
Who do you work for?!
I just use plugins. These two are available for all desktop and mobile browsers:
uBlock Origin
Privacy Badger
The latter detects when a third-party site is tracking you from site to site and automagically blocks their cookies.
There's a thread where we discussed all of this too. lol
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02-06-2019, 09:45 PM
What haven’t we talked about at this point?!
