Cookies - can they be avoided?
Re: Cookies - can they be avoided?
Not I. One idea is right click on the pop up box instead of opening it and see if one of the options there is to delete it?
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Re: Cookies - can they be avoided?
No, I've tried everything. The only way to move it is to click and open. The worst/original offender is SMM Sport, which is where it all seemed to start, but the cookie is being used by more and more news agencies.
Championship Plymouth Argyle 1 - 0 Hull City
Points 51; Position 21
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Points 51; Position 21
Consolidated - Championship Next Season
Re: Cookies - can they be avoided?
Look in your Browser Preferences to see if you have the below or similar. Turn it on if so.
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Source
Re: Cookies - can they be avoided?
It took me a while to find it, but they are blocked
Championship Plymouth Argyle 1 - 0 Hull City
Points 51; Position 21
Consolidated - Championship Next Season
Points 51; Position 21
Consolidated - Championship Next Season
Re: Cookies - can they be avoided?
SMM Sport is a Thai site and I wonder if it loaded you with some malware? Maybe run a malware scan.
I opened SMM Sport on Opera browser and it didn't load anything, pop up anything, or ask me to accept cookies.
I opened SMM Sport on Opera browser and it didn't load anything, pop up anything, or ask me to accept cookies.
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Source
Re: Cookies - can they be avoided?
Malware/Virus scans run - machine is squeaky clean. As soon as I remove cookies, it goes away. Hit a dodgy news site, and it's back again.
The message I get on most news sites is, 'This site uses cookies, press accept to continue." If I accept the cookie, invariably it starts again.
The message I get on most news sites is, 'This site uses cookies, press accept to continue." If I accept the cookie, invariably it starts again.
Championship Plymouth Argyle 1 - 0 Hull City
Points 51; Position 21
Consolidated - Championship Next Season
Points 51; Position 21
Consolidated - Championship Next Season
Re: Cookies - can they be avoided?
Have you tried using a private browser window for those sites you think are suspect? Private browsing won't save cookies and history when you exit the window. You will have to accept cookies when necessary, but they'll only be there for that session.
Re: Cookies - can they be avoided?
No, I hadn't, but I've just gone incognito, so let's see if that helps - thank you.
Championship Plymouth Argyle 1 - 0 Hull City
Points 51; Position 21
Consolidated - Championship Next Season
Points 51; Position 21
Consolidated - Championship Next Season
Re: Cookies - can they be avoided?
Erm... too complicated? Here is a simpler guide.
Click the link below
https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/ ... g-cookies/
Opera shall open a new page, where you find and click the "Add to Opera" (green) button.
Then repeat the same steps with the link
https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/ublock/
Now you can visit https://www.smmsport.com
Clicking the uBlock icon (top right of Opera) gives you options to get rid of large ads, small ads, or even to stop Javascript for that site. Play with the options, always refresh the page to see the effects until happy with ads blocking.
As for cookies, click the new Autoclean icon and explore the features. A prudent approach is enabling auto cleaning & only adding benign/important sites to the whitelist. Deleting 'localstorage' content might help if deleting cookies only did not resolve the issue.
Click the link below
https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/ ... g-cookies/
Opera shall open a new page, where you find and click the "Add to Opera" (green) button.
Then repeat the same steps with the link
https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/ublock/
Now you can visit https://www.smmsport.com
Clicking the uBlock icon (top right of Opera) gives you options to get rid of large ads, small ads, or even to stop Javascript for that site. Play with the options, always refresh the page to see the effects until happy with ads blocking.
As for cookies, click the new Autoclean icon and explore the features. A prudent approach is enabling auto cleaning & only adding benign/important sites to the whitelist. Deleting 'localstorage' content might help if deleting cookies only did not resolve the issue.
Re: Cookies - can they be avoided?
Thank you hhinner, going Incognito seems to have sorted it.
laser, thanks again, I have your simplified version in reserve should going Incognito fail.
Championship Plymouth Argyle 1 - 0 Hull City
Points 51; Position 21
Consolidated - Championship Next Season
Points 51; Position 21
Consolidated - Championship Next Season
Re: Cookies - can they be avoided?
Hope it lasts.
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Re: Cookies - can they be avoided?
I'd forgotten about "Incognito" in Google/Chrome - I'm assuming you're talking the same (Ctrl+Shift+n)?
Came back to me after reading this report: - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52887340
An excerpt from above: -
"Incognito mode within Google's Chrome browser gives users the choice to search the internet without their activity being saved to the browser or device. But the websites visited can use tools such as Google Analytics to track usage.
The complaint says that Google "cannot continue to engage in the covert and unauthorized data collection from virtually every American with a computer or phone"."
"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things" - Yma o Hyd.
Re: Cookies - can they be avoided?
I don't switch to it that way, but would assume we're talking the same thing.
Championship Plymouth Argyle 1 - 0 Hull City
Points 51; Position 21
Consolidated - Championship Next Season
Points 51; Position 21
Consolidated - Championship Next Season