localStorage is a thing, don’t need cookies for browser state

@BorgDrone@lemmy.one
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Legally it’s the same thing. The ‘cookie laws’ don’t explicitly forbid cookies, any kind of tracking is prohibited. Also, just storing a cookie with the information that a banner was shown doesn’t require consent. The only thing that requires consent is tracking the user.

macniel
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Sure it is a thing but JavaScript on that domain can access it either injected or provided by the site. This is quite risky. Cookies can be http only so that client code cant access it.

How is storing hideCookieBanner: false on local storage risky?

macniel
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What would the benefit of storing that in local storage?

Remembering that the user asked to not see that banner again.

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