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comment by pluc · 2026-09-15 · in Firefox 156 shows ads in the address bar (dubbed "Firefox Suggest")

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story by throawayonthe · 2026-01-18 · 99 comments

I've enjoyed https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic/ it fills out cookie banner automatically according to your preferences. Obviously alongside ublock origin for the rest of the minefields

comment by FergusArgyll · 2026-01-01 · in Web Browsers have stopped blocking pop-ups

Have you seen consent-o-matic? https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/consent-o-mat...

comment by tenthirtyam · 2025-04-29 · in Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-essential cookies

Consent-O-Matic is an extension that works fairly well and is cross browser. https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic

comment by p_ing · 2025-04-29 · in Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-essential cookies

I guess that using Consent-O-Matic [1] has saved me some hours of my life :) [1] https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic

comment by tapia · 2024-11-18 · in Europeans spend 575M hours clicking on cookie banners a year

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Consent-O-Matic has been removed from the Chrome Web Store

story by XzetaU8 · 2024-07-16 · 1 comment

…You can use Consent-O-Matic[0] though, you can even select the types of tracking you do want. 0: https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic

comment by chronogram · 2024-05-02 · in A blue mineral that grows on buried bodies and confuses archaeologists (2016)

…a lot of them. You can set your preferences for what categories of cookies you want to allow. [1] https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic

comment by shade · 2024-03-18 · in Dear Paul Graham, there is no cookie banner law

…popups. Some sites do have login-walls, enforced or no. Someone ought make another extension! https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic

comment by jauntywundrkind · 2024-02-12 · in The internet used to be fun

Highly recommend the Consent-O-Matic extension to automatically handle cookie prompts, too: https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic . One of my favourite extensions.

comment by kmfrk · 2024-01-03 · in Block cookie banners on Firefox

Consent-O-Matic (and probably other extensions too) will refuse most cookies automaticaly for you: https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic

comment by nottorp · 2023-12-17 · in An Empirical Study and Evaluation of Modern CAPTCHAs

See also: https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic > Consent-O-Matic is a browser extension that recognizes CMP (Consent Management Provider) pop-ups. Since you've told it your cookie preferences, it will autofill those forms when it…

comment by citruscomputing · 2023-12-07 · in Block Cookie Banners on Firefox

I use consent-o-matic for this purpose: https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic You can actually configure each toggle yourself.

comment by extraduder_ire · 2023-10-31 · in German court prohibits LinkedIn from ignoring "Do Not Track" signals

https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic

comment by welder · 2023-09-15 · in Tech workers demand high salaries despite hiring slowdown

…extensions. [1]. https://github.com/OhMyGuus/I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies [2]. https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic

comment by drannex · 2023-06-07 · in uBlock Origin 1.50.0

https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic - this has worked well for me. It'll be nice when similar functionality is built in.

comment by focusedone · 2023-04-18 · in Firefox may soon reject Cookie prompts automatically

…[0], but they are not as big because everyone tells people to use that please track me shit. [0]: https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic

comment by Semaphor · 2023-03-21 · in Web fingerprinting is worse than I thought

…out these annoying formes based on the preferences you set. [0] https://consentomatic.au.dk/ [1] https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic#compatible-cmps

comment by jonas-w · 2023-03-06 · in ChatGPT broke the EU plan to regulate AI

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/consent-o-matic/ https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic Don't waste time on that nonsense, let the software deal automatically with denying consent to being tracked.

comment by bmn__ · 2023-01-20 · in CarSized: A way to visualise car dimensions

…works some places. You can auto-decline all cookie prompts, or if you're so inclined, auto-accept: https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic

comment by benmanns · 2023-01-06 · in Please Sell My Personal Information

There's also Consent-O-Matic: https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic It allows to decline all the cookie banners. However, it doesn't work with many websites. In fact, it works with relatively few. Still, I like the approach to…

comment by valenceelectron · 2022-10-19 · in Brave browser now blocks cookie banners

I'm using Consent-O-Matic[0]. Works pretty well. [0]: https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic

comment by Beltiras · 2022-09-21 · in Fork of the popular “I don't care about cookies” extension

…(Ed: wow, unpopular opinion, over something that costs people nothing to assist in!! -2 points! [1] https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic [2] https://github.com/CodyMcCodington/AutoCookieOptout

comment by rektide · 2022-09-20 · in Fork of the popular “I don't care about cookies” extension

…even first party cookies are deleted, while you don't need to close banners all the time. [0] https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic

comment by wartijn_ · 2022-09-20 · in Fork of the popular “I don't care about cookies” extension

This one perhaps? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/consent-o-mat... https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic

comment by DavideNL · 2022-09-15 · in “I don’t care about cookies“ web extension acquired by Avast

…anti-annoyance filter or filters that does something to deal with cookie banners but unsure what.) https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic https://github.com/CodyMcCodington/AutoCookieOptout

comment by rektide · 2022-09-15 · in “I don’t care about cookies“ web extension acquired by Avast

…by default, but is configurable. • https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/consent-o-matic/ • https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic

comment by bmn__ · 2022-09-01 · in Things not available when someone blocks all cookies

…This extension is open source [1], if you were to want to see what's happening under the hood. [1] https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic

comment by dekelpilli · 2022-08-03 · in GitHub is adding web cookies for enterprise users

…with all the variations of pop-ups is of course a challenge. The plugin extension is open source ( https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic ) and has a built in visual rule editor for creating new rules for yet unsupported pop-ups. We'd…

comment by clemensnk · 2022-05-24 · in Show HN: Automate filling cookie consent pop-ups with Consent-O-Matic

Better: https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic#introduction (blanket denial instead of blanket consent)

comment by bmn__ · 2022-05-07 · in It’s time we fix the unethical design of cookie consent windows

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Consent-O-Matic: Automatic handling of GDPR consent forms

story by zigzag312 · 2022-03-10 · 135 comments

Better: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/consent-o-matic/ https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic

comment by bmn__ · 2022-02-21 · in Tell HN: Airbnb just stole me 5 minutes of my time adding dices

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Consent-O-Matic: browser extension to automatically answer GDPR popups

story by eropple · 2022-01-19 · 1 comment

…one swings that way) of tracking exists. https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/consent-o-matic/ https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic > This law specifically mentions that I need to be nagged for every single new domain I visit…

comment by bmn__ · 2021-12-20 · in New EU data blockage as German court would ban many cookie management providers

Better: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/consent-o-matic/ https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic

comment by bmn__ · 2021-12-20 · in New EU data blockage as German court would ban many cookie management providers

Link: https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic

comment by bizzleDawg · 2021-12-12 · in Ask HN: Why have we accepted the cookie pop-up situation across the web?

…in a more joyful or productive manner and let the specialist ankle-biters deal with the managers. • https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic / https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/consent-o-matic/ • https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock…

comment by bmn__ · 2021-09-28 · in How to Write a Killer Remote Developer Job Description (+ Checklist)

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story by krn · 2021-09-15 · 0 comments

…preserves privacy to its best ability. https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/consent-o-matic/ https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic

comment by bmn__ · 2021-09-12 · in Starbucks and TrustArc add fake cookie processing delay if you don't click agree

…browser extension and failing that, the "I don't care about cookies" browser extension. https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/

comment by kasbah · 2021-07-16 · in It's been three years. Stop saying your European visitors are important to you

I would recommend the Consent-O-Matic ( https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic ) plugin. It doesn't get rid of everything, but it does automatically fill in the forms on practically every website, and you can submit an issue to them…

comment by talideon · 2020-06-14 · in Ask HN: A way to adblock “we're using cookies” popups?