stats.paypal.com cookie - How to block?

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I am trying to block this cookie but no matter what I do it seems impossible :(

Anyway to block it for good ?

Hitman Pro says it is a tracking cookie.

I am on Firefox 46.01
 
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  2. Select the Privacy panel.

  3. Set Firefox will: to Use custom settings for history.
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  4. Check mark Accept cookies from sites to enable cookies, and uncheck it to disable them.
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Source; Disable third-party cookies in Firefox to stop some types of tracking by advertisers | Firefox Help
 
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The tracker in question will still show up in the inbound/outbound process, even if you run with the above settings. This can be seen if you add Request Policy Continued addon to FF, and access the PayPal website. The RPC addon will block it because there is no rule for it (it will show up as red with a ? next do it if you set RPC up as default-deny/whitelist to bypass).

These are the PayPal entries I have in RPC; other PayPal entries are not accepted as per my setup of RPC...
Code: 
FROM            TO
paypal.com    www.paypalobjects.com
paypal.com    t.paypal.com  
paypal.com    c.paypal.com
paypal.com    pics.paypal.com
You could go one step further if you make use of a 3rd party DNS Proxy by matching RPC entries with HOSTS file entries...
Code: 
# When using PayPal
127.0.0.1 *paypal* -www.paypal.com -www.paypalobjects.com -t.paypal.com -c.paypal.com -pics.paypal.com
 
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marzametal said:
The tracker in question will still show up in the inbound/outbound process, even if you run with the above settings. This can be seen if you add Request Policy Continued addon to FF, and access the PayPal website. The RPC addon will block it because there is no rule for it (it will show up as red with a ? next do it if you set RPC up as default-deny/whitelist to bypass).

These are the PayPal entries I have in RPC; other PayPal entries are not accepted as per my setup of RPC...
Code: 
FROM            TO
paypal.com    www.paypalobjects.com
paypal.com    t.paypal.com 
paypal.com    c.paypal.com
paypal.com    pics.paypal.com
You could go one step further if you make use of a 3rd party DNS Proxy by matching RPC entries with HOSTS file entries...
Code: 
# When using PayPal
127.0.0.1 *paypal* -www.paypal.com -www.paypalobjects.com -t.paypal.com -c.paypal.com -pics.paypal.com
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Thanks but sorry I don't understand how to add this to Request Policy Continued addon ? Please help. Thanks. What settings and how do I add this please ?
 
ng4ever said:
Thanks but sorry I don't understand how to add this to Request Policy Continued addon ? Please help. Thanks. What settings and how do I add this please ?
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The addon can be downloaded from here. I cannot remember if a restart of the browser was required; if it was, just go with it.

There are a couple of ways to set up RPC. When it is installed, go to Tools - Addons, find RPC and click on its corresponding Options button. It will load up a new tab just for RPC. I will introduce you to my RPC settings, and we will take it from there.

My RPC setup is default-deny (block all requests by default if no allow or block rules are present). I don't even allow requests to the same domain, which can be seen in the 5th spoiler. This breaks websites, but once you add rules, you don't need to revisit them when navigating to the websites at a later date, which is awesome.

Preferences - Basic
prefbasic.jpg

Preferences - Advanced
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Manage Policy - Your Policy
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manageyour2.jpg

Manage Policy - Default Policy
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Manage Policy - Subscriptions
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See how you go about wrapping your head around that. I will wait patiently for any questions. Good luck dude.
 
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By far easiest way is=Adguard.Just give it a go @ng4ever.I am right now testing it and result is great.It is free for 14 days.
 
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