Comment on What happens when I ignore the cookie preference dialogue on websites?
CiderApplenTea@lemmy.world 6 days agoSo if I open the cookies settings and deselect all that can be deselected, is it the same as necessary cookies only?
Comment on What happens when I ignore the cookie preference dialogue on websites?
CiderApplenTea@lemmy.world 6 days agoSo if I open the cookies settings and deselect all that can be deselected, is it the same as necessary cookies only?
kernelle@0d.gs 6 days ago
Correct, if you want to live cookieless on the internet you have to disable them in browser. But as others have said, this will break the majority of websites.
Functional cookies can never be used for identifiable information, only to ensure the functionality of the website.
ultrahamster64@lemmy.world 6 days ago
What functionality do they ensure? I understand web games and webapps, but like any website now has cookies
Iapar@feddit.org 5 days ago
Sometimes people store simple data, like a boolean, in it.
When I tried to make a website with some funny functions everything I read said to store data in cookies.