Questions tagged [cookies]
For questions about the cookies that SE (or its affiliates) sends to your web browser.
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How does one Stack Exchange site know that I'm logged in to the other?
Here's what I did:
Completely cleared my browser of all cookies
Opened a new browser window in Incognito mode
Navigated to askubuntu.com and log in
Opened a new tab and navigate to stackoverflow.com
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The cookie consent dialog (coming from cookielaw.org) keeps popping up
Recently, every time I hit a new page in Stack Exchange, whether it be the list of questions in a given forum, or a specific question, I get a pop-up like this:
Your privacy
By clicking “Accept all ...
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We’re adding more user controls for cookie consent
Update (Feb 8 2021): We’ll be doing some A/B testing with the consent interface. Once we’ve landed on a final design, we’ll use that design on all of our sites network wide. Additionally, we’re ...
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Why is the Google Analytics cookie defined as "strictly necessary" and saved without consent?
When you open a Stack Exchange site the first time you are asked about your consent for storing cookies. You can disallow all cookies except those that are defined as "strictly necessary". ...
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Did something change with Stack Exchange's cross-domain login process? (no longer working)
I have my web browser set to block all third-party cookies. The only place where this is an issue is on Stack Exchange sites, where it prevents a log in action on one site from successfully logging ...
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How do I dismiss the new cookie popup that appears on the site?
Lately I've been seeing this cookie popup that blocks a lot of the screen. When I try to do the "manage cookies" thing, all it shows me are several categories, with a green oval containing ...
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We've added a "Necessary cookies only" option to the cookie consent popup
We’ve added a “Necessary cookies only” option to our cookie consent banner across stackoverflow.com, all Stack Exchange sites, stackoverflow.co, stackoverflow.blog, and all other Stack Overflow sites. ...
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"Third Party Cookies Appear To Be Disabled" When trying to login
When trying to login / create account to http://android.stackexchange.com I came across this:
I do seem to have them enabled (mind the spanish).
I am on a Windows machine. Using chrome 13.0.782.112 ...
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Could the cookie banner please be made less intrusive?
I frequently visit Stack Overflow and other Stack Exchange sites from private browser windows, which means I get the cookie banner over and over.
Does it really have to cover the most useful part of ...
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Cookies and JavaScript for teststackoverflow.com — legitimate?
Can someone authoritative explain what the cookies that teststackoverflow.com wants to set are for (tracking — I know, but tracking what, and what's wrong with the regular stackoverflow.com and is ...
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How long does an unregistered user's cookie remain valid?
I was looking at profile of a user who is currently unregistered but has been using Stack Exchange communities since 27th June 2016.
I was wondering how does Stack Exchange keep track of ...
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Stop tracking users without their consent
Right now, if you visit an SE site the following things happen:
two cookies _ga and _gid are saved, those contain unique IDs used for Google Analytics
a request is made to www.google-analytics.com ...
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Google Analytics 4 (GA4) upgrade
Update Sep 14: GA4 has been enabled network-wide.
Update Sep 8: GA4 has been enabled on Super User.
TL;DR: We’re preparing to upgrade Google Analytics to version 4.
A few months ago, the Google ...
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Stack Exchange and third party cookies
I tried to log on for advice on increasing my computer's security.
Using Firebug, I had discovered a one pixel "image" which caused my Mac to be studied by 2o7.net. I've since learned a bit more about ...
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John Oliver calling out Stack Exchange cookie dialog
In the recent Data Brokers episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver showed this picture: (jump to relevant part around 18:57)
which is of the Stack Exchange cookie screen. He said this:
Privacy ...
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Make cookie preferences configurable in profile
As shown in e.g. Could the cookie banner please be made less intrusive? and multiple answers to We’re adding more user controls for cookie consent the current cookie banner design is less than ideal.
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Cross Validated asking ad nauseam about accepting cookies?
Recently (the last two or three days) on Cross Validated (CV) pages, each time a new page/tab is opened, it asks anew on accepting cookies. Quite molesting. First I thought it was my browser (Chrome ...
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Why not have one login to all stack subdomains?
Hello guys,
Whenever i visit a new stack subdomain website, i have to re-register with my google open id. Why not have one login for all sites, that way it wouldn't have to keep re-asking me for my ...
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Update the help center page on site analytics to reflect that traffic sources are not tracked for users with performance cookies disabled
Effective May 13, 2022 (or earlier), the Google Analytics cookie will be recategorized as a performance cookie and will no longer be saved for users who opt out of performance cookies (or all cookies),...
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Why can't I dismiss these Stack Exchange cookie popups on mobile browser? [closed]
These pop-ups keep appearing on my Android phone when browsing Stack Exchange sites. No matter what I choose these popups occur on every page refresh and whenever I try to view a question.
I'm using ...
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Why does registration require third-party cookies to be enabled?
In registering for this site, I was told I could not register unless I enabled third-party cookies.
I can think of no good reason why a site should require third-party cookies and, therefore, I do ...
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Stack Overflow requires cookies for authentication -- are your browser cookies enabled for this domain?
When I try to use Firefox to create an account on Stack Overflow, it told me that
"Stack Overflow requires cookies for authentication -- are your browser cookies enabled for this domain?"
It works ...
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Getting "Third Party Cookies Appear To Be Disabled" in Google Chrome
I am using a Stack Exchange account to log in at Stack Overflow. But every time I try to log in using Chrome, it always shows "Third Party Cookies Appear To Be Disabled".
I have read:
"Third ...
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Replace Google Analytics with a transparent, privacy-respecting alternative
Earlier this year, Google announced that Universal Analytics (UA) will be going away and will stop processing new data after July 1, 2023.
Stack Exchange currently plans to switch to Google Analytics ...
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Can I have my flair without the cookie, please?
Even though I would like so, I refrain from adding a flair link on my personal web site because solely serving the PNG flair image file
already places a third party prov cookie on the computer of my ...
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What is the script being fetched from cdn.cookielaw.org when I open the cookie settings dialog?
What is the script being fetched from cdn.cookielaw.org when I open the cookie settings dialog? What is it for / what does it do / why is it needed?
Following the update in Update to our Advertising ...
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Cookie consent going down hill
SE's cookie reject seems to have just got a lot worse.
I now have to both opt-out, and then reject "legitimate interest". But that is not enough; I have to then go through all the vendors, ...
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The Cookie Policy link is broken
The post below made me investigate the links at the bottom of the page.
Opt in or out of cookie tracking
To opt in or out of cookie tracking, scroll down all the way to the bottom of any page on ...
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Cookie pop-ups are repeatedly displayed on international sites & translations are not reflected and displayed in English
Problem #1
Translations are not reflected on the cookie pop-up screen on international sites and each meta site.
(We should have translated these strings.)
https://ja.stackoverflow.com
https://ja.meta....
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How do I opt out of cookies?
In the new Stack Exchange Cookie Policy:
If you don’t want Stack Overflow to use cookies when you visit the Stack Overflow network of sites, you can opt-out of certain cookie related processing ...
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New cookie nag is not dismissable with some ad-blocking settings [duplicate]
I use Firefox first-party isolate and UBlock Origin with fairly strong settings (no third-party JS except allow-listed domains, etc.) and the new cookie nag:
has buttons that do not work at all. ...
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Login problem in stackoverflow in chrome as “Third Party Cookies Appear To Be Disabled”
There are lots of question related the same. But none of them helped me to get rid of this error “Third Party Cookies Appear To Be Disabled”.
I get the answer as my sytem time is wrong from that ...
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Session cookies seem to get lost
Starting around 1st of February, I get suddenly logged out from Stack Overflow or other Stack Exchange sites. I observed this effect in the following contexts:
(1) I switch to a browser tab where I ...
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Is it possible to sign in to all Stack Exchange sites without cookies?
Can I avoid being prompted to sign in to every single Stack Exchange site, and having to type and save passwords multiply in the browser? The same login/password seems to work. Is there a Stack ...
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Why do these buttons (Accept all cookies - Customize settings - review your question) not work on my browser? [duplicate]
In some browsers, these buttons do not work.
Your privacy
By clicking “Accept all cookies”, you agree Stack Exchange can store cookies on your device and disclose information in accordance with our ...
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pixel.quantserve.com - what's it about, and should I block it?
I was just checking what items were downloaded by the SO pages, and I saw pixel.quantserve.com popping up. My first instinct was to block it using Adblock Plus, but I'd like to know what it's for.
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Add a link to the site cookie settings from the User Settings page
Apparently cookie settings are configurable via a link on the site footer. I found this out thanks to a brief mention on the Advertising Guidelines update:
Opt in or out of cookie tracking
To opt in ...
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stackexchange.com missing cookie consent logic
There appear to be two bugs on stackexchange.com regarding GDPR/CookieLaw and cookie consent:
There's no cookie consent dialog, similar to the rest of the Stack Exchange network
You can't manage ...
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Why does sstatic.net serve cookies?
According to sstatic.net:
This is a fast, cookieless domain intended for static content
delivered to the Stack Exchange family of websites
However, all responses from the server set a cookie anyway:
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If I accept all cookies, why is it not saved that I have accepted all cookies?
Every single time I go to a stack exchange website, I am prompted to accept cookies.
Why does this decision not get stored in a cookie? Why do you have to ask me every single time, and no matter what ...
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Overlapped items on cookie customization popup
There are overlapping items on cookie customization popup on mobile devices like Android phone:
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Strictly Necessary cookies text: "then" not grammatically correct
When customizing cookie settings, the following is shown under Strictly Necessary (click for bigger/sharper image):
These cookies are necessary for our website to function properly and cannot be ...
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Do I have to use a browser plugin to stop being accosted on SE sites with the “Accept all cookies” pop-ups over and over and over? Bug? Options? [duplicate]
I keep seeing these on SE sites:
Your privacy By clicking “Accept all cookies”, you agree Stack
Exchange can store cookies on your device and disclose information in
accordance with our Cookie Policy....
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sstatic.net is getting cookies even though it says cookieless
https://cdn.sstatic.net/ says it is a cookieless domain, but according to muMatrix sstatic.net is requesting 2 cookies
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Why am I unable to close the cookie consent popup on iOS 12.5.7? [duplicate]
Not a Duplicate
It does not seem to be a duplicate of these:
The cookie consent dialog (coming from cookielaw.org) keeps popping up
Why can't I dismiss these Stack Exchange cookie popups on mobile ...
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