I saw Tom Scott’s video about how cookies are how your computer talks to the server and all that and fingerprinting and stuff, but you’re supposed to be able to say no to cookies, right? Most websites don’t have an option to say no. I’ve noticed that I usually get a banner that just says “accept all cookies” at the bottom of the website, but you can use the website anyways. Knowing the world we live in, I assume the cookies are active even if you never click the accept button? I’m guessing there’s some loophole thing that’s like “by using our site you agree to cookies even if you don’t push accept” or something.
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Not all cookies are created equal. Some are tracking, some are authentication. If sites pop up and allow you to refuse, generally they are not authentication based and not necessary. I have been testing this and refused any site that allows me to and seen no performance degradation.
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