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I wonder why people don't build a collection of scripts into a browser plugin, like Adblock that auto rejects all tracking info to the greatest extent possible?


These exist. There is "Consent-O-Matic" for example


Direct link, works on mobile as well: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/consent-o-mat...

There’s probably also a version for the adtech browser somewhere.


Isn't that the inverse? Ie auto-accept just to get rid of the UI box?

Edit: their FF-page says,

Set your preferences once, and let the technology do the rest!

This add-on is built and maintained by workers at Aarhus University in Denmark. We are privacy researchers that got tired of seeing how companies violate the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Because the organisations that enforce the GDPR do not have enough resources, we built this add-on to help them out.

We looked at 680 pop-ups and combined their data processing purposes into 5 categories that you can toggle on or off. Sometimes our categories don't perfectly match those on the website, so then we will choose the more privacy preserving option.


> Isn't that the inverse? Ie auto-accept just to get rid of the UI box?

no, that's "I don't care about Cookies"


There IS an optional list for ublock origin that tries to get rid of cookie nonsense.


I would install that in a heartbeat!


Then enable the cookie banner lists in uBlock Origin. Do expect occasional breakages and remember to temporarily disable the blocking to get through.


Ghostery does exactly that.


uMatrix for Firefox and friends.

NoScript too.

And AdGuard.




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