Missing Cookie Banner Blocker in 120.0 Firefox Release November 21, 2023
Hi,
I use Firefox Developer Edition as my default testing browser. I have it set up to clear the cookies and site data when Firefox is closed. For my normal browsing I use regular Firefox (currently version 120.0). I was looking through the settings on 121.0 beta Firefox Beta November 21, 2023 and saw it has the very useful Cookie Banner Blocker: When a site asks if they can use cookies in private browsing mode, Firefox Developer Edition automatically refuses for you. Only on supported sites.
According to the https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookie-banner-reduction?as=u&utm_source=inproduct this was introduced in Firefox version 120. However I do not see it in my regular Firefox 120.0. Both browsers say that "Your browser is being managed by your organization." I can change the proxy settings in regular Firefox 120, but not in Firefox Developer beta 121. Although both have the same sentinelone 2023.1.4.650 extension set.
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The initial release is for German versions of Firefox and the feature runs only in private windows: Block cookie banners on Firefox. I don't know whether there are preferences to relax the test restrictions.
You can enable the Cookie Banner Blocker by going to about:config and changing cookiebanners.service.mode and cookiebanners.service.mode.privateBrowsing to 1 (reject-only).