How To Disable 3rd Party Cookies In Firefox 2.0

November 4th, 2006 • Related • Filed Under

I’m amazed that in a browser that is championed for it’s security features, the latest version of Firefox has removed the option for users to disable 3rd party cookies that the big ad networks use to better target their ads - basically semi-spyware.

Martin from gHacks has come up with 2 ways to disable third party cookies in firefox 2.0:

1. Manually edit about:config

  • Open about:config from the address bar
  • Search for network.cookie.cookieBehavior and take a look a the value
  • If it is set to 0 you accept all cookies, 1 means you only accept cookies from the same server, 2 means you disable all cookies.
  • Setting it to 1 has the same effect that the option in the old firefox browsers had - it disables third party cookies.

2. Install a add-on as well that blocks third party cookies

Install the CookieSafe extension, which can disable all cookies and allow them only for specific sites (whitelist). There is no need that most sites store cookies when you are visiting them unless you have an account on that site.

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