How To Block Cookie Popups

This article is going to go over how to block the annoying Cookie pop ups that you likely get on the websites that you visit.

First I want to mention here that the popular extension “I don’t care about cookies” was acquired by avast and avast was caught spying on its own users for 7 years Generally this extension is no longer recommended anymore as of 2023/2024.

I still Don’t care about cookies Extension

Available for download for Firefox here and Chrome here

This extension is a fork of the extension “I don’t care about cookies” and is trusted a lot more due to it not being owned by avast and it being open source, source available on their github

Consent-O-Matic Extension

Available for download for FireFox here and for Chrome here

Ublock Origin lists

Ublock Origin by Raymond Hill Available for download for Firefox here and for Chrome here

Adding I still don’t care about cookies filter list to Ublock Origin

You can use the extension “I still don’t care about cookies” filter list and simply import this into Ublock Origin. Goto Ublock Origin settings > Filter List > Import > then in the text field add https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/abp/ and then you should see it appear in filter list/Custom.

Using Adguard and Easylist filters to block cookies

Ublock Origin settings > Filter lists > Annoyances > Adguard/uBO – Cookies notices Enable and > Easylist Annoyances > Easylist/uBO – Cookie notices Enable.

Resources:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjdkq7/avast-antivirus-sells-user-browsing-data-investigation
https://palant.info/2019/12/03/mozilla-removes-avast-extensions-from-their-add-on-store-what-will-google-do/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjdkq7/avast-antivirus-sells-user-browsing-data-investigation
https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic
https://github.com/CodyMcCodington/AutoCookieOptout
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32850799