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Hi Everyone, My Bank has suddenly decided that ALL cookies must be allowed before letting their customers in -- a requirement with which I wholly disagree. My FireFox is set to block anything that moves, and supported by Ad Blockers and Ublock too. Is there a way in which I can configure FF to allow me into the Bank site without having to change my "secure" settings every time? I am no computer genius - so please make it simple for me.

Thanks everyone.

Ian

Hi Everyone, My Bank has suddenly decided that ALL cookies must be allowed before letting their customers in -- a requirement with which I wholly disagree. My FireFox is set to block anything that moves, and supported by Ad Blockers and Ublock too. Is there a way in which I can configure FF to allow me into the Bank site without having to change my "secure" settings every time? I am no computer genius - so please make it simple for me. Thanks everyone. Ian

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Visit your bank site, press Ctrl+I > Permissions > Set cookies > Allow for Session.

This permission is permanent as long as you don't clear history with "Site settings" ticked, as this will clear all site permissions.

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Ian said

My Bank has suddenly decided that ALL cookies must be allowed before letting their customers in

You can allow cookies from this domain for a session.

My FireFox is set to block anything that moves, and supported by Ad Blockers and Ublock too.

Seriously: Do NOT use similar-purposed blocker(s) along with uBlock Origin: this will cripple uBO's ability to defuse anti-blocker mechanisms and its ability to minimize likelihood of site breakage. ("similar-purposed" = any other blocker making use of EasyList).

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Thanks for responding but - I did say I was no "genius" - so I'd be grateful if you could tell me - "Is there a way in which I can configure FF to allow me into the Bank site without having to change my "secure" settings every time?"

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The Inspector will allow you to see which sites are lodging cookies and you can create exceptions for those sites. Open the Inspector with ctl+shft+i and click the tab labelled Storage.

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Visit your bank site, press Ctrl+I > Permissions > Set cookies > Allow for Session.

This permission is permanent as long as you don't clear history with "Site settings" ticked, as this will clear all site permissions.

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Thanks zeroknight -- that seems a good solution. Much appreciated.

Ian