▲ 3 ▼ Websites telling me what I can do with my own browser so they can have their pointless cookies (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago* by WhoRoger@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 9 comments fedilink hide all child comments It's not even "Incognito" (what a misnomer too), this is a Gecko-based browser
[–] WhiteTiger@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) I mean, of all sites, polls make the most sense to require cookies to avoid duplicate votes. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] milady@lemmy.world -27 points 3 years ago (1 child) Cookies are really inappropriate for this use.. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Beliriel@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) You need to track the user for a poll. Sessions don't work since private browsing enables duplicate votes. Tracking the IP can block users from the same network/wifi. Cookies get auto-sent and browser storage is only clientside. Really not many more options aside from making an account on a site and logging in. I find it a pretty reasonable solution actually. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] milady@lemmy.world -26 points 3 years ago Cookies fall short just the same as sessions. you're asking the user to pinkie promise they won't clear their cookies / modify them. An account seems the most logical. You need to avoid duplicates ; it's not really about privacy here. You'll only make a tradeoff between accomplishing no duplicates and letting users do what they want. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] milady@lemmy.world -27 points 3 years ago (1 child) Cookies are really inappropriate for this use.. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Beliriel@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) You need to track the user for a poll. Sessions don't work since private browsing enables duplicate votes. Tracking the IP can block users from the same network/wifi. Cookies get auto-sent and browser storage is only clientside. Really not many more options aside from making an account on a site and logging in. I find it a pretty reasonable solution actually. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] milady@lemmy.world -26 points 3 years ago Cookies fall short just the same as sessions. you're asking the user to pinkie promise they won't clear their cookies / modify them. An account seems the most logical. You need to avoid duplicates ; it's not really about privacy here. You'll only make a tradeoff between accomplishing no duplicates and letting users do what they want. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Beliriel@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) You need to track the user for a poll. Sessions don't work since private browsing enables duplicate votes. Tracking the IP can block users from the same network/wifi. Cookies get auto-sent and browser storage is only clientside. Really not many more options aside from making an account on a site and logging in. I find it a pretty reasonable solution actually. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] milady@lemmy.world -26 points 3 years ago Cookies fall short just the same as sessions. you're asking the user to pinkie promise they won't clear their cookies / modify them. An account seems the most logical. You need to avoid duplicates ; it's not really about privacy here. You'll only make a tradeoff between accomplishing no duplicates and letting users do what they want. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] milady@lemmy.world -26 points 3 years ago Cookies fall short just the same as sessions. you're asking the user to pinkie promise they won't clear their cookies / modify them. An account seems the most logical. You need to avoid duplicates ; it's not really about privacy here. You'll only make a tradeoff between accomplishing no duplicates and letting users do what they want. permalink fedilink source parent