How do I enable cookies for cross-tracking websites on third-party apps like Canvas?

Third-party cookies are on the way out: Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Brave, etc.

Contact your IT support, and ask them for the required browser settings, or the required web browser.

You may beed to use a web browser that still allows that and related tracking.

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/goodbye-third-party-cookies/
• https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Basics-Guide/How-do-I-enable-third-party-cookies-in-my-browser/ta-p/605670
• https://www.usu.edu/academic-support/technology/canvas/allow-third-party-cookies

You have to understand that cookies are not bad. I know you’ve been conditioned to believe they are somehow evil, but they are not.

When you have multiple browser windows open, they all share the same session. This opens up the possibility of bad actors harvesting cookies from other sites, though that gets restricted fairly well by the browser.

However, if you open a private window, it maintains a separate session that cannot be views by anything in those other normal window.

Stop succumbing to the fear, uncertainty, and doubt peddled by companies trying to make a buck on you.

HTTPS is not a continuous connection. Each action you perform is an independent request to the server. In order to make it appear to be fluid, session data is passed to prevent having you repeat every step you had made during your time on the website. Your actions are “tracked” via the session so that you don’t have to repeat every step.