Post AcZH5xwY7YEWPPCbce by WPalant@infosec.exchange
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 (DIR) Post #AcZH5xwY7YEWPPCbce by WPalant@infosec.exchange
       2023-12-07T13:43:23Z
       
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       Trying out the new “Cookie Banner Blocker” in Firefox, this is something I’ve wanted for a long time. For reference: it is supposed to automatically reject cookie banners.German website: ❎​ nopeBritish website: ❎ nopeUS website: ✅​ yepOk, on the first glance it appears to be powered by a US-centric list. Better than nothing.
       
 (DIR) Post #AcZH5zMSqgYao4Koee by WPalant@infosec.exchange
       2023-12-07T13:46:01Z
       
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       Ah, there is a hidden cookiebanners.service.enableGlobalRules setting. Enabled this one and now it is:German website: ✅​ yepBritish website: ❎ nopeUS website: ✅​ yepBetter.
       
 (DIR) Post #AcZkcyrmbgnhUz4GdU by WPalant@infosec.exchange
       2023-12-07T14:00:26Z
       
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       I was probably being somewhat unfair. Got the list (https://github.com/mozilla/cookie-banner-rules-list/blob/main/cookie-banner-rules-list.json), it’s 471 entries and plenty international domains. The list also seems to be somewhat outdated however, so in a bunch of cases it knows how to locate the opt-in button but not the opt out (the British website I tested is one of those cases).
       
 (DIR) Post #AcZkd114c7Q8ANQiOW by WPalant@infosec.exchange
       2023-12-07T14:55:42Z
       
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       Gotta love how Mozilla does things. Yes, their cookie banner list isn’t perfect yet. But they have a public repository for the list (https://github.com/mozilla/cookie-banner-rules-list/) and I can create pull requests. And while these aren’t merged yet, I can add my own rules to the cookiebanners.listService.testRules preference. I suspect that I will use that a lot in future.
       
 (DIR) Post #AcZkd5kb0oD8qil7uC by WPalant@infosec.exchange
       2023-12-07T18:31:09Z
       
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       For reference: Firefox UI will currently only allow enabling the Cookie Banner Blocker in Private Browsing mode. In order to enable it in regular browsing, one needs to change the hidden cookiebanners.service.mode setting to 1. And: yes, this is experimental and everything, so there might be glitches.