Cookies in broswers

[Oshosondy]

I manage to have electrum wallet on my mobile phone which I do use to make transaction frequently, I also have some others apps that I need to carefully protect on my mobile device. Anytime I broswe before, I can be able to reject the cookies the site I am accessing popped up for me to either accept or reject, I did always reject them because I know it can be used to track some information on my browser.

Recently I noticed the option to reject this cookies are no more there, out of 10 sites I visit, I may not even see the option again on the whole ten sites, I still do see it but I hardly see it, so the probability of me seeing the rejection option is very slim. There are some time I will have to make use of the site with the cookies pop up like that without clicking on accept, but it makes users experience not good, and also there are times I will not be able to read anything from the site without accepting the cookies. This makes me to ask this questions.

Is there a way to still reject the cookies that sites owners are somehow making mandatory
So is it safe to accept this cookies and yet my phone is safe? (I always think anything that track information on my broswer makes me not to have privacy)
Can my wallet and other apps and information be accessed by hackers on my device by accepting the cookies (I do not trust any site about this cookie thing) and I do visit the legit sites, not he fake ones.
Or should I just go to my broswer information to always clear the cookies? It will be effective but it can be tiring

If this can happen on mobile phones, it can also happen on computers to people using their computers to broswer always. It will be good to have effective solution to totally reject cookies.

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[PerfectCircle]

If you are using android phone you don't have to worry yourself about all these cookies stuffs, I've never used PC wallet for storing my coins since 2016, I've been using android phone since that time and till date I got not a single issue, all you have to do is stay away from phishing links and websites, android is more secured compare to PC

[NeuroticFish]

I think that browser cookies don't affect at all what happens with Electrum on your phone.

But if you want to sleep better, just buy the cheapest hardware wallet and put your money there. You may have to use Mycelium instead of Electrum on Android, you'll be able to use it also with your PC, as long as you made sure your Electrum is legit.

[Stalker22]

If this can happen on mobile phones, it can also happen on computers to people using their computers to broswer always. It will be good to have effective solution to totally reject cookies.

There is a way to block third-party cookies or all cookies on your Chrome browser for Android permanently.

Tap Menu > Settings > Site settings.
Tap Cookies.
Check Block third-party cookies.
Or, if you want to block all cookies, tap the slider to turn cookies off.

Please note that some websites will not work properly with blocked cookies. There are, for example, session cookies that are necessary on all websites that use some kind of user authentication (such as e-commerce websites, social networks, forums, etc.).

[ABCbits]

So is it safe to accept this cookies and yet my phone is safe? (I always think anything that track information on my broswer makes me not to have privacy)

Privacy and security are 2 different thing. Accepting privacy reduce your privacy, not your security. I don't know browser you use, but some browsers have option to reject 3rd party cookies and addons/extension to automatically delete cookies after you leave the website (obviously the addons/extension have whitelist/blacklist).

[pakhitheboss]

On your android phone every app is different. When you are talking about your browser, you are reffering to an app on your device. The same goes for the wallet too. Cookies are related to the browser app, it will work only on the browser and will not affect other applications. To protect your apps do not download any applications or contents that is not trusted.

[Welsh]

If your concerned about privacy, almost every website on the internet has some sort of cookies. Some by legal requirements (i.e to comply with GDPR regulations) or simply to make your browsing of their website more streamlined, and personal to you. However, if you are concerned about your privacy when it comes to Bitcoin, I would recommend a wallet like Bitcoin Core, on a computer that you don't use to browse. That's really the only way of doing it, by compartmentalizing your system. Although, a hardware wallet could achieve the same, although do note that they likely require their own set of cookies. 

[Oshosondy]

Privacy and security are 2 different thing. Accepting privacy reduce your privacy, not your security. I don't know browser you use, but some browsers have option to reject 3rd party cookies and addons/extension to automatically delete cookies after you leave the website (obviously the addons/extension have whitelist/blacklist).

Yes, I know privacy and security are two different things, but I am conscious of both to certain level, I want privacy for my security sake also, because a single breach of online privacy may reduce someone's security already. Privacy conscious people have ways to be more safe than people that do not care about privacy.

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Yes, I have been hearing that using bitcoin core with Tor is the best for privacy, but it takes almost or over 400 gigabyte to run full node, I do not know how prune node will be, but I can not use it due to certain reasons, I do not have the resources needs to run full node. I am still comfortable with electrum, I understand electrum still run central servers but I am still okay with it. What I am totally concerned against are third-party sites that are making people to accept cookies, but I have seen a way which may be effective to avoid it, I disabled the cookies from the broswer settings, hopefully it will work.

[Squezzi55]

It's been so many years since I've started using smartphones and only symbian OS is berry friendly to malware, hacks and viruses but not android phones, I haven't seen that happen once before right from android 2.0 up to android 11, if any have seen such pls bring me proof

[lovesmayfamilis]

If you are an Android user, try ditching Google entirely. Download DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser. The browser can protect user data, it automatically deletes cookies after you visit any sites. In addition, it has an add-on that will ask you about the possibility of allowing cookies for certain sites.

[Smartvirus]

You know, I had this problem with cookies, infact anything that comes as a mandatory step in course of browsing the Internet.  Are you guys actually saying that there isn't any possibility of these cookies being a way of actually installing malware  on devices? A mean, we watched scam transcend though various means over the years and here is a potential place to exploit although, its going to be limited as sites only allows cookies that are sole to that platform and if the platform isn't a scam site, the possibility could be zero but then, this is an unexploit but could be exploit scheme for the wrong purposes.

[tranthidung]

Yes, I have been hearing that using bitcoin core with Tor is the best for privacy, but it takes almost or over 400 gigabyte to run full node

• Recommended wallets by Jameson Lopp
• Wasabi wallet is extremely privacy and it is lighter than Bitcoin Core. You will have Tor and Coin Join transactions.

I do not know how prune node will be, but I can not use it due to certain reasons, I do not have the resources needs to run full node.

• Pros and Cons of Bitcoin Node types (Full node and Prune node)
• See some notes from me and contributions from others in that topic.

[UserU]

I remembered seeing some sites having the "Reject All" but the rest require some essentials mainly for advertising purposes.

If they bother you, visit them on another browser or incognito tab which you could erase those cookies before closing the window/ tab.

[zasad@]

There are now many ways to follow a user on the internet. I recommend using this app, which will help you get rid of trackers and block unnecessary ones.
https://www.ghostery.com/
For basic security, the free version is sufficient. This app shows all trackers on every site and you can see how they are following you.

[BitMaxz]

Why worrying about cookies it won't affect your Electrum wallet. Cookies are just a piece of data stored in your browser mostly they need this to check what you mostly search and track your location for advertisement purposes.
Look at some websites with no ads they won't ask if you accept their terms about cookies or not.

If you don't want to give your cookies then the only option is to use firefox on Android and look for privacy and security settings and enable this “Do Not Track”

You can also use incognito mode on the Chrome browser because it didn't store any cookies while browsing so even you accept them they can't get any cookies. Just make sure you check the privacy and security settings to block all of those 3rd party cookies and set do not track.

[TanakabZX]

If you are an Android user, try ditching Google entirely. Download DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser. The browser can protect user data, it automatically deletes cookies after you visit any sites. In addition, it has an add-on that will ask you about the possibility of allowing cookies for certain sites.

I think brave browser offers the same features too but I don't see any reason why i should get rid of a browser for another on my android phone because honestly I've never had any issue with security or whatsoever, I think it's an unnecessary stress

[UserU]

I think brave browser offers the same features too but I don't see any reason why i should get rid of a browser for another on my android phone because honestly I've never had any issue with security or whatsoever, I think it's an unnecessary stress

Imagine getting rid of a browser just to still use any of Google services. Ironically those "trackers" are the ones that make things more tailored/ convenient to our needs

Brave is so nice with those BATs. At least some passive income + ad blocker.

[OasisDre]

All this trouble just for cookies?  have any of you seen where by a crypto wallet of android phone got hijacked through cookies or what? Android phones the most secure when it comes to crypto wallets, they are less vulnerable to attacks unlike PC and iPhone

[slackovic]

All this trouble just for cookies?   have any of you seen where by a crypto wallet of android phone got hijacked through cookies or what? Android phones the most secure when it comes to crypto wallets, they are less vulnerable to attacks unlike PC and iPhone

I wouldn't say that Android phones are more secure than PC or iPhone but their security has nothing to do with allowing or rejecting cookies. Crypto wallets get hijacked by infected apps that user installs on it's phone or by a SIM swap. I never heard of anyone loosing their crypto because he allowed cookies on his phone.

You can also use incognito mode on the Chrome browser because it didn't store any cookies while browsing so even you accept them they can't get any cookies. Just make sure you check the privacy and security settings to block all of those 3rd party cookies and set do not track.

If you use Chrome, you have another privacy concern besides cookies.

I agree. I never understood people worrying about their privacy when at the same time they use Chrome and Google search engine. At least use Firefox

[Oshosondy]

I wouldn't say that Android phones are more secure than PC or iPhone but their security has nothing to do with allowing or rejecting cookies. Crypto wallets get hijacked by infected apps that user installs on it's phone or by a SIM swap. I never heard of anyone loosing their crypto because he allowed cookies on his phone.

No common OS people are using that hackers will not look for ways to create a malware to attack the users, even the OS that are not common can still have its own malware, but hackers prefer what is mostly used by people. You are right because as Android is very commonly used among people, there are many apps on play store that are for hackers and scammers generally, there has been many people that have complained about how their coins and money were stolen due to fake apps. We need to knows ways to protect our devices is the best, not that one is secure than another unless it is not commonly used like the recommended Linux.