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iOS 12.2 and Safari 12.1 for macOS Include Updated Intelligent Tracking Prevention Feature
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If you want to help.... keep your private stuff, private, I don't think you could do worst than using https://duckduckgo.com as your search engine, then if using Safari go.... 'File', 'New Private Window'. I'm just saying! Anyway that's what I do.
Without session cookies you'd never be able to log into a site. But I'm starting to think persistent cookies just to stay logged in aren't worth it.
That I know of…wondered if you would say this, haha.Erm, yes… now… hehe.
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Seems the sites you mention do not use appropriate authentication cookies.
This seems a pretty cool update, do like the blocking of these trackers, but more concerned with the blocking of attacks. Still iOS IMO is still the best mobile platform for internet surfing.
Isn't that what private browsing is for? IMO, I don't think the easy cookie clearing is due to advertisers, it's due to non-knowledgeable internet web browser users.
This sounds like a welcome change. I personally clear my cookies ever few days and use safari password filler to log back into websites.
Note that a DNS solution like Pi-Hole or Adguard Home do not necessarily solve this problem; they just do not allow the ads (and therefore also targeted ads) to show up. Yes, depending on the list you have loaded, many tracking domains might be blocked, but you still could have persistent tracking cookies.
Don't you mean, "you could do worse" ?
[doublepost=1550850265][/doublepost]Everyone, enjoy this brief and rare respite. No trolls thus far on a Macrumors forum! Sorry to jinx us, but I just had to comment because it is such a different feel. Too bad the moderators aren't allowed to stop trolling all the time. It would be such a refreshing thing to read comments from enthusiasts making thoughtful, or at least humorous, comments and that don't have so many anti-Apple people trying to work out their personal insecurities.
I'm a bit confused - since my Adobe and Google Analytics tags are 1P persistent cookies, will these also be limited to 7 days for Safari 12.1 users? For example, will I have a tougher time understanding how Safari users who visit my site interact with content, etc. if they visit once then again later outside of the 7 day window?
"Apple says that it is removing Do Not Track because most websites never paid any attention to it since it was opt-in and could be ignored."
Glad to see someone opened their eyes, where other companies still don't get this useless feature.
If you add it, abide by it, or its not an option.
Glad to see someone opened their eyes, where other companies still don't get this useless feature.
If you add it, abide by it, or its not an option.
Well it is sort of a drag to re-login onto sites that throw in a recaptcha before letting your password fill suffice as adequate credential. I got one newspaper to quit doing that by threatening to cancel my pricey annual subscription. Amazing how they suddenly decided they don't care if it's not really me logging into my own account after that.
Still it was stuff like recaptcha hoops to jump through which caused me to think about getting Cookie 5. So far I just quit the browser more often and curse at sites using recaptcha. Trackers and scripts that do just various in-page or in-site metrics all annoy me, even if the latter are just used to give devs info to improve the site or content providers to see what got read. Really just because I read some piece on a site doesn't mean I want to read more stuff like that. Duh!
As for trackers, I can't afford to buy anything else anyway at the rate I keep falling for Apple gear and stuff like organic broccoli in the dead of winter. So why do they care where I wander in the meantime. If this were happening in the real world we'd be calling the cops about stalkers.
Apparently these fancy new privacy protection features in Safari 12.1 no longer delete cookies on exit from private browsing windows AND now let macOS apps (like Tweetdeck) ADD cookies to Safari even when "block all cookies" is enabled.
Most of my browsing requires no logins so I block all cookies and cross-site tracking. When I need to log in, I used to rely own private windows to delete the cookies after I exit. Now, apparently, they don't, and I apparently now have to worry about apps that aren't even Safari setting cookies IN Safari.
After Firefox dropped the ability to prompt and accept/reject individually, I've relied on Safari as the next best option. If this new cookie behavior is a permanent feature and not a bug, Safari has become almost useless from a privacy standpoint.
This is just a cluster.
Most of my browsing requires no logins so I block all cookies and cross-site tracking. When I need to log in, I used to rely own private windows to delete the cookies after I exit. Now, apparently, they don't, and I apparently now have to worry about apps that aren't even Safari setting cookies IN Safari.
After Firefox dropped the ability to prompt and accept/reject individually, I've relied on Safari as the next best option. If this new cookie behavior is a permanent feature and not a bug, Safari has become almost useless from a privacy standpoint.
This is just a cluster.