CookieBlock

Automatically enforces cookie consent preferences to protect your privacy.

What is CookieBlock?

CookieBlock is a browser extension designed to automatically enforce cookie consent preferences, protecting privacy and enhancing browsing. Leveraging advanced machine learning, it categorizes cookies into 'Necessary', 'Functionality', 'Analytics', and 'Advertising', giving users the power to accept or reject each type. Rather than relying on annoying cookie banners or website hosts, CookieBlock allows users to define their cookie policy once, and ensures unwanted cookies are actually removed. Created by the Information Security Group at ETH Zürich, it perfectly accompanies extensions aiming at removing cookie banners, ensuring a smoother, more private online experience.

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By: CookieBlock Developers

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Users: 8,000+

Rating: 3.67 (15)

Version: 1.1.0 (Last updated: 2022-08-05)

Creation date: 2021-05-02

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

<all_urls>
cookies
storage
unlimitedStorage
activeTab

Size: 4.04M

Email: co*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 11754 ▼ 30

Other rankings

#3590 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 2 #129 in cookie keyword 53 ▼ 8 #230 in privacy keyword 50 ▲ 7 #241 in source code keyword 26 ▲ 2

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

CookieBlock is a browser extension that allows you to automatically remove cookies that do not respect your privacy. Through the use of advanced machine-learning technology, it categorizes cookies into four distinct purposes. These are "Necessary", "Functionality", "Analytics" and "Advertising", which the user then has the power to permit or reject individually.

Unlike nagging cookie banners that interrupt your browsing experience, CookieBlock only requires that you define your policy once, and furthermore guarantees that the types of cookies you reject are actually removed from your browser. Moreover, CookieBlock works on any website you visit, and does not rely on the honesty of the website host.

As a result, CookieBlock perfectly complements extensions that seek to remove annoying cookie banners from your browsing experience, allowing you to preserve your privacy at the same time.

This add-on has been built by members of the Information Security Group of the Computer Science Department at ETH Zürich, and was developed as part of the master thesis "Analyzing Cookies Compliance with the GDPR".

It is also featured at the 31st USENIX Security Symposium: https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity22/presentation/bollinger

Homepage: https://karelkubicek.github.io/post/cookieblock
Source Code: https://github.com/dibollinger/CookieBlock

User reviews

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Pros

Works nicely in blocking cookie pop-ups.
User-friendly with clear explanations for settings.
Allows users to choose which cookies to accept.
Developed by trusted institution (ETH Zurich).
Effective in reducing cookie prompts on most websites.

Cons

Does not work consistently on all websites.
Breaks functionality on certain sites, especially for sign-ins.
Users still experience cookie prompts despite settings.
Requires deactivation for certain platforms (e.g., Twitter).

Most mentioned

Does not work for all websites.
Cookie pop-ups still appear.
User-friendly and customizable settings.

Recent reviews

Ganz simpel. Es macht einfach gar nichts. Man bekommt immer noch die gleichen nervigen Cookie Aufforderungen.

Lennert Werner, 2024-10-02

Funciona bien, lastima que la tengo que desactivar cada que quiero usar twitter porque por algun motivo no me deja cambiar el tema de twitter, lo cambio e inmediatamente se regresa a como estaba