Re: [Tails-dev] Usecases for the Cookie Monster browser exte…

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Auteur: intrigeri
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À: The Tails public development discussion list
Sujet: Re: [Tails-dev] Usecases for the Cookie Monster browser extension?
intrigeri wrote (12 Jan 2014 12:12:44 GMT) :
> as I said on #6595:


> Tails has been allowing cookies by default for a while (treating it
> all as session ones, though). Also, Torbutton allows to protect
> individual cookies (when it's not broken: #6464), covering some of the
> corner cases.


> So, I wonder why we are still shipping the Cookie Monster extension.
> Does anyone know of valid usecases that it helps supporting? Of any
> real-world usage of this extension? (I don't.)


> If we can't find any, then I propose we drop this extension to make
> our design simpler, closer to the TBB's, and to avoid potential future
> issues when upgrading the browser.


At the public meeting tonight, nobody had any real-word use case for
this extension. Unless someone provides that real soon, I'll prepare
a branch to remove it.

Cheers,
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intrigeri
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