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Why can't I use Sync without enabling third pary cookies?

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Why must I enable third party cookies to use SYNC? I keep them turned off to 'Never' so I don't get a bunch of junk cookies from people or companies that I don't want on my computer. With my settings most websites ask to set a cookie and I can accept or reject them. Is SYNC linked to a bunch of advertising junk? I have no problem signing on to other websites including banks. Please modify SYNC to NOT use third party cookies.

Why must I enable third party cookies to use SYNC? I keep them turned off to 'Never' so I don't get a bunch of junk cookies from people or companies that I don't want on my computer. With my settings most websites ask to set a cookie and I can accept or reject them. Is SYNC linked to a bunch of advertising junk? I have no problem signing on to other websites including banks. Please modify SYNC to NOT use third party cookies.

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Yes, this requires third party cookies on, it's for maintaining state throughout the login process. ^ allowing just corel's mentioned domain should do the trick.

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Hi zuniland, Thank you for your suggestion. Please feel free to share more suggetions in our input site at [input.mozilla.org]

Thank you.

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Does Firefox Sync only work with third party cookies enabled ? It would be interesting to know why that is.

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You at least need to allow cookies for the accounts.firefox.com domain.

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Yes, this requires third party cookies on, it's for maintaining state throughout the login process. ^ allowing just corel's mentioned domain should do the trick.

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Yes the suggestion from cor-el worked. This solution should be stated in the original error message instead of telling the user to unblock ALL third party cookies. Just a suggestion. I am leery of letting just any third party place cookies on my machine. Thanks for the help.