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Tag: cookies

  • In sympathy for our flood situation, my sister baked and posted us a big batch of her fantastic raisin & oatmeal cookies.

    Full image of Dan, a white man with a goatee beard and blue hair, sits next to a large box of cookies, about to eat one.
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    Dan, a white man with a goatee beard and blue hair, sits next to a large box of cookies, about to eat one.

    I've eaten like six of them already. Turns out I stress-eat. Who knew?

    • Note
    • posted 4 March, 2026
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    How You Read My Content (The Answers)

    Kev Quirk ran a one-question survey recently about how people discover and read his blog posts, and I think it's a pretty inspiring idea. Sure, consent-based surveying introduces biases... but what analytic technique doesn't, really?

    Read more - about 3 minutes (602 words)

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    • of this original
    • posted 22 January, 2026
  • Fabricated screenshot from Microsoft Edge, browsing 3r.org.uk: a "privacy" icon in the address bar has been clicked, and the resulting menu says: About 3r.org.uk. Connection is secure (with link for more info). Privacy and Cookies (with link for more info). Cookies (3 cookies in use) - Strictly necessary (2 in use), dropdown menu set to "Default (accept, delete later)"; Optional (1 in use), dropdown menu set to "Accept for this site". Checkbox for "Treat third-party cookies differently?", unchecked. Privacy (link to full policy): Legitimate interest - this site collects username, IP address, technical logs...; Consenmt - this site collects email address, phone number... Button to manage content. Button to "Exercise data rights".

    How a 2002 standard made 2022 bearable

    Somewhere, in another timeline, the P3P standard is alive and thriving and saving us from cookie/privacy popovers.

    Read more - about 6 minutes (1377 words)

    • Article
    • 9 comments
    • posted 24 April, 2023
  • Third party

    Jeremy Keith wonders if the Web would have third-party cookies and JS at all if it were invented today, and Dan weighs in.

    Read more (435 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 15 November, 2019
  • Facebook cookies

    Just accepted @Facebook's new cookie policy. πŸ˜‹ @USENIXSecurity #usesec19

    Read more - about 1 minutes (8 words)

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    • 4 comments
    • posted 15 August, 2019
  • Image representing post: "Stop Thinking About Consent: It Isn’t Possible and It Isn’t Right"

    "Stop Thinking About Consent: It Isn’t Possible and It Isn’t Right"

    For a philosopher, Helen Nissenbaum is a surprisingly active participant in shaping how we collect, use, and protect personal data. Nissenbaum, who earned her PhD from Stanford, is a professor of information science at Cornell Tech, New York City, where she focuses on the intersection of politics, ethics, and values in technology and digital media …

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    • Repost
    • posted 12 October, 2018
  • British Telecom's implementation of the new cookie laws. Curiously, if you visit their site using the Opera web browser, it assumes that you've given consent, even if you click the button to not do so.

    Visitor Tracking Without Cookies (or How To Abuse HTTP 301s)

    A technique for abusing HTTP 301 redirects and random numbers to uniquely track users; even those who have cookies disabled in their web browsers.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (771 words)

    • Article
    • 28 comments
    • posted 24 April, 2012
  • Image representing post: Leading By Example

    Leading By Example

    After getting thoroughly confused by the new European Union directives on the use of cookies, which come into force later this month, Dan goes to the Information Commissioner's website to look for some guidance... only to discover that they don't meet the new requirements, either.

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    • 2 comments
    • posted 15 May, 2011
  • HttpOnly Session Cookies using ActiveRecordStore in Rails 2.2

    If you're using CookieStore to manage sessions in your Ruby on Rails application, Rails 2.2 provides the great feature that you're now able to use HTTPOnly cookies. These are a great benefit because, for compatible web browsers, they dramatically reduce the risk of a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attack being able to be used to …

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    • 1 comment
    • posted 29 December, 2008

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