Re: packages.debian.org wants cookies now ?!
Michel Verdier writes ("Re: packages.debian.org wants cookies now ?!"):
> On 2025-12-03, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > I tried to look something up on packages.debian.org and I got an error
> > page saying I needed to enable JS. Then after I had enabled JS (which
> > I normally have disabled) I got an error page from Fastly saying I
> > needed to enable cookies.
>
> Javascript on packages.debian.org is harmless and no cookie is used on
> it. I disabled cookies here (firefox 140.5.0esr-1~deb13u1) and no error
> page was triggered. What version do you use? And which extension do you
> use?
I'm using firefox-esr as shipped in trixie. I have ublock origin
enabled. In my usual browser, I have JS and cookies totally disabled
by default.
I think it is possible that it worked for you because you allow
yourself to be surveilled more than I do. I find that compared to
people with a more "normal" (less defensive) default configuration, I
am more often asked to do more and more difficult captchas, get more
"security alerts" about "new devices" using my accounts, get randomly
blocked more often, etc.
But, it is also possible that something random changed in Fastly.
I observe that it works fine for me now in my normal browser, with JS
and cookies disabled.
So IDK if anyone did anything to fix this. If so, thanks.
> Fastly seems related to
> https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/partnership-ohttp-prio/
I doubt that is related.
Ian.
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