[nflug] (Slightly off topic) Cookies from other Web sites

K Olkowski wpos2 at adelphia.net
Wed Jan 3 13:42:23 EST 2007


Folks:

This has happened in both Mozilla/Seamonkey and Firefox, in both Linux 
and Windows versions.

I am rather aggressive, or let's say proactive, in cookie control.  I 
have it set so that I accept cookies from the originating Web site only. 
  However, my cookie list will eventually have cookies from sites such 
as casalemedia.com and doubleclick.net, and I never conscientiously go 
to these sites.  Am I mistaken in understanding what "from the 
originating Web site only" means (so, for example, Web sites that do 
tracking are embedded in the ones I view, and therefore qualify as an 
originating Web site), or are the site owners that unscrupulous in 
circumventing my will?  (I know that I have pop-ups disabled, and I get 
a reassuring message that one has been blocked when a Web page has one, 
BUT there are certain Web sites that go around the disabling mechanism.)

Additionally, are any of you aware of an enhanced Firefox cookie manager 
or otherwise Firefox extension whereby I can remove a cookie from a Web 
site and at the same time (i.e. with the same click) block cookies from 
there from loading in the future?  This feature is one of the strengths 
of Seamonkey and the lack of it in Firefox is the major point that 
prevents me from being 100% for Firefox, as human nature generally likes 
to quash redundancy.  Also, I can easily picture myself typing in 
adtmt.com instead of atdmt.com in the list of Web sites to block cookies 
from.

TYVMIA!
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