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Narushia | 2 months ago

My additional recommendations:

1. You don't need a separate browser extension for blocking cookie notices, Ublock Origin can do that just fine. You just need to enable the cookie notice filters in the settings (they are disabled by default).

2. AdAway on Android allows network-level blocking without resorting to a VPN (it's based on /etc/hosts). Though it does require root.

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nottorp|2 months ago

But Consent-O-Matic doesn't just block cookie notices, it clicks on the appropriate buttons to deny them first for the major kinds of cookie dialogs.

encom|2 months ago

I refuse to engage with them on principle and will not signal denial or acceptance, because doing so would legitimise this farcical, dilettante excuse for a government "solution".

MarsIronPI|2 months ago

Isn't the point of the notices that you have to explicitly agree to them for the site to be allowed to track you? Wouldn't never accepting be equivalent to rejecting?

esperent|2 months ago

The problem with ad blocker apps on Android is that they always require a either a VPN, in which cases my banking apps don't work, or root, which is getting harder and harder to get and probably also breaks my banking apps.

However, I have found that using NextDNS as a private DNS server works and doesn't cause any problems like this.

Zak|2 months ago

I'm still having good results with root, Magisk, and Play Integrity Fix. That does involve some knowledge and effort though, so what I point others to is Mullvad DNS, which is free: https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls

Don't forget to give apps that fuck with you in the name of security 1-star reviews!

penguin_booze|2 months ago

> You just need to enable the cookie notice filters in the settings

I didn't know it existed. FWIW, it's under Settings > Filter lists > Cookie notices.