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	Updated 1.7 Extension Exceptions (markdown)
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| :small_orange_diamond: The Issue | ||||
| ### :small_orange_diamond: The Issue | ||||
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| Cookies control access to **local storage** and **indexedDB**. The `ghacks user.js` denies cookies by default. This is the pref `network.cookie.cookieBehavior` (see `2701`). A value of `2` denies all cookies, a value of `1` allows first party only. | ||||
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| <sup>1</sup> `Extensions` = Web Extensions API, `Legacy Extensions` = legacy APIs or the Add-on SDK. | ||||
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| :small_orange_diamond: Strategy | ||||
| ### :small_orange_diamond: Strategy | ||||
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| You have two choices | ||||
|  - Allow first party cookies and use an extension to clean up and/or block cookies and storage | ||||
|  - Deny all cookies and use site exceptions, **including** exceptions for extensions that need it. And you can still use an extension to clean up and control those cookies and storage if you want. | ||||
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| :small_orange_diamond: How To Set Extension Cookie Exceptions | ||||
| ### :small_orange_diamond: How To Set Extension Cookie Exceptions | ||||
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| - Open `about:debugging > Add-ons` | ||||
| - Click on the `Manifest URL` of the extension | ||||
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| You can view cookie exceptions under Options > Privacy & Security > History > custom settings > Accept cookies from websites > Exceptions | ||||
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| :small_orange_diamond: Notes | ||||
| ### :small_orange_diamond: Notes | ||||
| - The exception uses the extension's `UUID`, which is a random unique value generated on each install of the extension. | ||||
| - If you are cleaning cookies via a third party appllication, such as CCleaner, make sure to keep these cookies | ||||
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