Reconsider third-party-cookies-off-by-default.patch
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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chromium-browser (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
The latest version of Chromium in Saucy turns off all third-party cookies.
Last month, Firefox decided to postpone their more advanced third party cookie default block which would have only blocked third party cookies for sites the user hadn't visited yet. The feature just wasn't ready yet.
The third-party-
Disabling this new feature requires a user to open Settings, scroll to the bottom and click Show advanced settings, find the Content Settings button in Privacy and uncheck Block third-party cookies and site data.
Before this is enabled by default, I'd like to see an easy way for users to whitelist websites that they use. Blocking needs to be smarter as third-party cookies aren't necessarily evil; it depends on what features the user wants.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: chromium-browser 28.0.1500.
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.9.0-7-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Thu Jun 27 22:54:27 2013
Desktop-Session:
DESKTOP_SESSION = gnome
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS = /etc/xdg/
XDG_DATA_DIRS = /usr/share/
Env:
MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH = None
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = None
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-14 (13 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130613)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
ThirdParty: True
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
chromium-default: CHROMIUM_FLAGS=""
gconf-keys: /desktop/
Changed in chromium-browser (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Chad Miller (cmiller) → nobody |
status: | In Progress → New |
Changed in chromium-browser (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
You can manually whitelist cookies, regardless of whether it is third-party or not. When you come across a website that is blocking third-party cookies necessary for functionality, a broken cookie icon with a red x will appear on the right side of the omnibox. Click on it, click on the option to see the data, switch to the Blocked tab, select domains to explicitly allow cookies from, and click on the Allow button. That should then allow cookies from that website. Alternatively, you can click on the page icon (lock icon in case of a secure/partially secure website) on the left side of the omnibox to see cookies and manage policies for the website.