New Update Avast acquires 'I don't care about Cookies' browser extension

[Sorrento]

As I use AdGuard for Windows able to dump 'I don't care about Cookies' - Sorted

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[I Walk MY Way]

The same AdGuard for Windows will do just fine for now..

 

[Bumblebee Uncle]

Study after study after study (after study after study) has proven it's incredibly easy to re-identify individuals from 'anonymous' data.


They didn't apologise at first, they tried to downplay the ordeal:

He doesn't get to define what a privacy scandal is, and his assertion that the sold data can't be re-identified is, as proven above, false.
Their apology only came over a month after the scandal had broken, and it's clear that they were only sorry they'd got caught, not for their practices, as their 2019 half-year financial presentation boasted about Jumpshot's expansion and revenue generation (they shut down Jumpshot at the beginning of 2020 for context).

So, yeah, not a fan.

Insightful analysis. Thank you for linking the studies. Super helpful

 

[212eta]

Avast acquires I don't care about Cookies browser extension

I hope they don't treat it the way CCleaner was treated...

 

[nicolaasjan]

Fork

GitHub - OhMyGuus/I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies: Debloated fork of the extension "I don't care about cookies"

Debloated fork of the extension "I don't care about cookies" - OhMyGuus/I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies

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This fork has been stale since February 12, but now the maintainer has posted a clarification concerning this inactivity:
Sorry for the inactivity and for not maintaining it as well as promised. · Issue #10278 · OhMyGuus/I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies

Sorry all for the inactivity, and not maintaining it as well as promised.

I have been working on my studies for the past few months, which are now in the final stage, meaning you have to follow an internship, and about 60+ hours a week have gone into this.
Sadly, this meant that I didn't have the energy to work on this project. Now, there is a spark of hope; my studies will most likely conclude successfully on January 16th. After that, I will have six weeks of holiday to bring this project and my other projects back on track, and following that period, I will have time alongside work to continue on this and my other projects.

If there are big sites not working, just @OhMyGuus and then I will get a notification on my phone and then I can still work on it.
I will also test and merge all the PR's that are currently open and do a release today/tomorrow.

If there are any questions or things put it here or you can always contact me on discord: thaguus

Just a note: reporting websites is down for a couple of hours going to remove the dupes + add a dupe check.

 

[Spiff]

This fork has been stale since February 12, but now the maintainer has posted a clarification concerning this inactivity:
Sorry for the inactivity and for not maintaining it as well as promised. · Issue #10278 · OhMyGuus/I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies

I still don't care about cookies V1.1.2 released.
OhMyGuus wrote, "Just a small version update with the current fixes and android support"

Version update V1.1.2 by OhMyGuus · Pull Request #10511 · OhMyGuus/I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies

👍 Just a small version update with the current fixes and android support

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Release V1.1.2, I still don't care about cookies · OhMyGuus/I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies

I still don't care about cookies V1.1.2 (This version is still under review, on FireFox, Chrome, Edge. For Firefox users I will add the V1.1.2 xpi after the review is finished it requires to be si...

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Needs some time to get available in Firefox add-ons, Chrome Web Store, and Edge Add-ons.

 

[nicolaasjan]

I still don't care about cookies V1.1.2 released.
OhMyGuus wrote, "Just a small version update with the current fixes and android support"

Version update V1.1.2 by OhMyGuus · Pull Request #10511 · OhMyGuus/I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies

👍 Just a small version update with the current fixes and android support

github.com

Release V1.1.2, I still don't care about cookies · OhMyGuus/I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies

I still don't care about cookies V1.1.2 (This version is still under review, on FireFox, Chrome, Edge. For Firefox users I will add the V1.1.2 xpi after the review is finished it requires to be si...

github.com

Needs some time to get available in Firefox add-ons, Chrome Web Store, and Edge Add-ons.

Thanks, I created a .crx for myself on 6:18 this Sunday morning, before reading your post.

 

[TairikuOkami]

This fork has been stale since February 12, but now the maintainer has posted a clarification concerning this inactivity:
Sorry for the inactivity and for not maintaining it as well as promised. · Issue #10278 · OhMyGuus/I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies

So he is basically saying: Sorry that I was inactive, I will give it a few more weeks and then I will be inactive for a year again.
This extension causes so many issues lately, like webpages failed to load because of blocked notices, I have to replace it.

 

[Keyang556]

Acquire by avast like a recent news, simple apps acquired by a advertisement company, avast is the ad company.

 

[Spiff]

I still don't care about cookies V1.1.2 released.
OhMyGuus wrote, "Just a small version update with the current fixes and android support"
https://github.com/OhMyGuus/I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies/pull/10511
https://github.com/OhMyGuus/I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies/releases/tag/v1.1.2

I still don't care about cookies V1.1.2 is now available for Firefox.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/istilldontcareaboutcookies/
I don't know if it's available in Chrome Web Store and Edge Add-ons as well.

 

[Spiff]

I still don't care about cookies V1.1.3 released.
https://github.com/OhMyGuus/I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies/releases/tag/v1.1.3
(Be aware the update takes a bit of time to get to the stores)

 

[Spiff]

I still don't care about cookies V1.1.4 released.
https://github.com/OhMyGuus/I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies/releases/tag/v1.1.4
(This is a fix for V1.1.3 which had a css rule that was breaking all modals.)