Posted on 05/02/2020 6:24:34 AM PDT by rlmorel
In the last three days, I have begun having issues using Google (I have to use Google for work, and I haven't seen the issue there) getting constant CAPTCHA, and this morning, out of the blue, my banking program refused to work saying that I had cookies blocked.
Now, I haven't made any changes to my browser settings (I use Safari) so I made sure VPN was off, cleared all caches, history, and cookies, but was still unable to login.
So I decided to change some settings I haven't touched in years, and one of them was the setting for "Web Site Tracking", and I unchecked the "Disable Web Site Tracking", and everything worked.
This is new.
They seem determined to see (or allow someone to see) where you've been going. Have you tried the 'browsing in private" feature?
I heard somewhere that the cloud is like a candy store to the dedicated hackers. Is it so?
It’s the arms race. Sites want that kind of tracing for many reasons (mostly revenue). Nobody really liked being traced that way. So the guys coding sites find new ways to detect you’ve got stuff turned off and refuse to work until you turn it on. Then the browser add-on community finds new ways to hide that it’s turned off. Lather rinse repeat.
That is why I was wondering if it is tied in to an ISP, not global...yet.
I live in a “Blue” state, and Verizon is very Leftist...
That's what they say EVERY time someone catches them in some thing that contrasts with their "Don't be Evil" motto!
"It was a mistake!"
That was what came to mind. I didn’t think it was something that Google and my bank did separately (both started being problematic within a few days of each other)
I have been reading about their endeavors to get involved in tracking, ostensibly for the purpose of “protecting” us.
I haven’t had any problems with it, but I wouldn’t store my passwords or bank account numbers in it, unless you encrypt them first.
At the end of the day everything can be hacked including the hard drive in your computer, so it comes down to weighing the risks vs the benefits.
Then you need a password to unencrypt them; I already have more PWs than I can keep track of. Can't go some places because of forgotten/lost passwords.
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Same with Opera; I have total cookie control with it.
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