Protecting some Firefox cookies in Xubuntu?
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Is there a way to protect cookies in Linux as it is possible to do in Windows via CCleaner? if I set some the cookie files to read only would this prevent their loss? Other wise my current option is to keep hundreds of unwanted cookies that track me, and if I delete them all, I end up loosing some important login info.
(I only clean Firefox as a user, even though it appears on both the user and admin versions)
andrew
Thu, 10/16/2014 - 20:39
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No, it is not possible in
No, it is not possible in BleachBit version 1.4. Firefox and Google Chrome store all cookies in a single file.
One option is using the domain-specific cookie settings: by default, disable cookies. Then in Firefox on Ubuntu override cookie settings for the current web site's domain by clicking Tools - Page Info and then clicking on the permissions tab.
Also, there may be some browser add-ons that help.
Managing cookies in BleachBit is a good idea. It is surprising that you are the first person to bring it up. :) I would like to add this feature one day, but it will not happen soon.
Andrew
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ineuw
Thu, 10/16/2014 - 22:03
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Thanks for the speedy reply.
Thanks for the speedy reply. Perhaps, the selected cookies can be placed in a read only folder and the restored after cleaning? - It's just a thought for the future.
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andrew
Thu, 10/16/2014 - 22:39
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In Firefox all the cookies
In Firefox all the cookies are in one file (a cookie jar), so they can only be moved together as one file. In Firefox it is a matter of writing special SQL commands to selectively delete cookies from the cookes.sqlite database file. This also involves writing a user interface and other code to query and select the cookies.
Basically, this is a matter of time and effort rather than a pure technical problem, and there are a lot of priorities.
Feel free to record this on the bug tracker https://bugs.launchpad.net/bleachbit/
If you are handy with SQL, you can write your own command line script (using SQLite without BleachBit)
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ineuw
Thu, 10/16/2014 - 22:56
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Yes, I understand. Better if
Yes, I understand. Better if you deal with other priorities. I will check out the add-ons and test them. If that's not suitable I will try to copy the cookies to be protected into the exceptions list and configure Firefox privacy options to use custom settings. In any case I will post here the best options for FF. - Thanks again
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ineuw
Thu, 10/16/2014 - 22:58
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P.S. Yest I know SQL and
P.S. Yest I know SQL and prefer not to go down that road. :-)
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