[LINK] Why do people permit third-party cookies?

[Kim Holburn]

I think the key issue is: why do all browsers give away so much information to websites?  Why do we have to rely on extensions to make browsers secure?  

Who are they making the browsers for exactly?  

> On 2016/Aug/05, at 9:14 AM, Roger Clarke <Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au> wrote:
> 
> What a surprise - permitting third-party cookies enables an https attack:
> http://www.itnews.com.au/news/heist-attack-breaches-https-in-the-browser-432667
> 
> I'm sure I miss many carefully-designed 'customer experiences' by blocking third-party cookies.  If my e-life is the poorer because of it, I haven't noticed.

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