Atrocious ad blocker

Sorry for the version typo. Any other thoughts?

I use Ghostery. Besides its feedback window often blocking login/out links (they seem to like to appear in the upper right corner), it apparently isn't blocking much.

Like all users I need to be able to have specific visited sites set cookies. With private browsing my normal log in to my bank site doesn't work and I have to answer security questions and plug in a secret code sent via text. All of which is a hassle.

I haven't used FireFox for a while. I'll check it out and see if tracking SW blocking is any better. It used to be pretty good.

I used that link to test cookie blocking. With the settings set to "Block cookies: From third parties and advertisers", primary cookies should be set. And indeed this tester shows that.

My complaint is the tracking and ad cookies I see, even with the above setting. For example, doubleclick has set a cookie. Do you think the ad and tracking cookies are coming from the primary site, e.g. Google is allowing doubleclick to set a cookie, as an example?

How does CocoaCookies work? I installed and it found all my cookies. I checked the ones I wanted to keep. I then opened Safari and there were a lot more cookies than cocoaCookies listed. I cleared them all in Safari. They were all cleared. When I opened CocoaCookies all the cookies I had checked were gone.

I am confused, Linc. I understood that you could close Safari and wipe your cookies, and that CocoaCookies would either selectively restore them or else prevent them from being removed.

Got it. You let Safari set the cookies and then use CC to manage them.

Linc, can ClickToPlugin be cofigured to allow certain flash content? There are certain radio stations I like to listen to but they require flas to operate. I can disable ClickToPlugin for the duration of the program. However it owuld be easier to allow certain flash content to pass.