- Mar 1, 2024
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I hear that clearing cookies when Firefox closes is good practice from a privacy perspective, but what about cache, are there any good reasons to clear it too? Are there any negatives?
I clear cookies, cache, history and autofills. Clearing this data along with cookies is def good practice, e.g. sites can read your history. You may see some slower page opening times, but it shouldn't be noticeable, expecially with today's browser technology, etc.what about cache, are there any good reasons to clear it too?
Cookies seem to be tied to "site data" - used for storing login info. Clearing them - means you have to re-login every time you use a popular site. There's a FF Extension called Cookie Quick Manger - which gives you more cookies control but also extra info used cookies (what they actually contain). While using commercial sites like Amazon (or any site - where you use a credit card) - it's definitely beneficial/safer to clear does cookies and re-login every time.I clear cookies, cache, history and autofills. Clearing this data along with cookies is def good practice, e.g. sites can read your history. You may see some slower page opening times, but it shouldn't be noticeable, expecially with today's browser technology, etc.
All browsers that I'm aware of have settings to make cookie exceptions, so they are saved when clearing data on browser close.Cookies seem to be tied to "site data" - used for storing login info. Clearing them - means you have to re-login every time you use a popular site.
Sure, but in FireFox is rather inconvenient ( Open Application menu -> Go to Settings ->Go to Privacy & Security -> Scroll to Cookies and Site Data -> Manage Exceptions -> add the name of the Site) vs open Cookie Quick Manager -> Manage All Cookies -> search name of the site and Protect. You can even go to Protected Cookies and select only specific Cookies to keep:All browsers that I'm aware of have settings to make cookie exceptions, so they are saved when clearing data on browser close.
Bookmark that page and name it Privacy. Boom. Quick.in FireFox is rather inconvenient ( Open Application menu -> Go to Settings ->Go to Privacy & Security -> Scroll to Cookies and Site Data -> Manage Exceptions ->
For the OCD user there are extensions like CookieAutoDelete, etc.. I don't see any need for them myself.The default/integrated Cookie Manager - can only save all cookies for a given site. Seems to be the same for Chrome.
Bookmark that page and name it Privacy. Boom. Quick.
For the OCD user there are extensions like CookieAutoDelete, etc.. I don't see any need for them myself.