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How Brave wants to stop cookie notifications in the browser – Computerworld
By now, most online users are probably tired of all the notifications asking whether to allow or block cookies when browsing the web. Since 2022, the Brave browser has offered built-in blocking of these notifications, but the feature does not display some sites correctly. Brave’s solution to the problem is Cookiecrumbler, a new extension that uses AI to block the…
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Brave’s Cookiecrumbler tool taps community to help block cookie notices
Brave has open-sourceed a new tool called “Cookiecrumbler,” which uses large language models (LLMs) to detect cookie consent notices and then community-driven reviews to block those that won’t break site functionality. The Brave browser has been blocking cookie consent banners by default on all websites since 2022 but found that blocking consent banners may cause website problems that severely disrupt and…
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Easy Holiday Cookie Recipes With Five Ingredients or Less
Making festive cookies for the holidays doesn’t have to mean owning six types of sprinkles or having three different sugars on hand. In fact, some of my holiday favorites have shockingly few ingredients with no decorations necessary, barring the occasional shake of powdered sugar. If you think cookies should be easy to make and easier to consume, you’re in the…
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Aloha’s iOS App Now Lets You Ban Cookie Pop-Ups Forever
If you use the internet, you’ve undoubtedly encountered a pop-up asking for your permission to use cookies. You’ve probably clicked yes without giving it a second thought, but it’s one of those points of friction that grates on the nerves when you’re just trying to do a little shopping or check the news. This week, Aloha Browser introduced a feature…
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New tool bypasses Google Chrome’s new cookie encryption system
A researcher has released a tool to bypass Google’s new App-Bound encryption cookie-theft defenses and extract saved credentials from the Chrome web browser. The tool, named ‘Chrome-App-Bound-Encryption-Decryption,’ was released by cybersecurity researcher Alexander Hagenah after he noticed that others were already figuring out similar bypasses. Although the tool achieves what multiple infostealer operations have already added to their malware, its public…
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