On 3/14/13 1:41 AM, Rob wrote: > »Q« <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:12:28 -0500 >> Rob <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Gerry Hickman <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Rufus wrote: >>>> >>>>>>> I've always had to go and select the "Originating Site Only" >>>>>>> option for Cookie handling, as I recall. >>>>>> >>>>>> Always? Only if you keep installing the program from scratch. >>>>>> >>>>>> My settings survive upgrades, so I don't have to keep changing >>>>>> them. >>>>>> >>>>> Yeah - or building a new Profile. >>>> >>>> Thanks for the replies, I don't mind changing the setting, I'm just >>>> a bit surprised by the default... >>> >>> The default is correct for non-technical users. Those who set >>> "Originating Site Only" need to understand what it means and what >>> effect it will have. >> >> It's going to change for Firefox; see >> <http://webpolicy.org/2013/02/22/the-new-firefox-cookie-policy/>. But >> the SeaMonkey team may set defaults independently. > > This is how misinformation spreads. The change that will be made in > Firefox is NOT the same as changing this setting in Seamonkey. > > The behaviour in Firefox will be "Content from a third-party origin > only has cookie permissions if its origin already has at least one > cookie set.". The setting in Seamonkey does not make that "its origin > already has at least one cookie set" distinction, and never allows > third-party cookies. > > This will break some websites login system, guestbooks, blog commenting > etc. I know, because I have that setting in effect and I do sometimes > see the problems. > > Of course it is a decision that everyone can make for themselves, but > it would be unwise to set it as a default for new users. It will make > the nontechnical user think that the program is broken. >
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