1645924 - Simplify the"Cookies" string for cookieBehavior=5 in about:preferences#privacy

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Privacy: Anti-Tracking, enhancement, P3)

Description

[Steven Englehardt [:englehardt]]

In Bug 1625228 we added dFPI to about:preferences#privacy. The was done by extending the string for cookie behavior 4 to include additional text about partitioning, both in Standard/Strict and in Custom:

• Standard/Strict:
  • behavior 4: Cross-site tracking cookies
  • behavior 5: Cross-site tracking cookies, and isolate remaining cookies
• Custom:
  • behavior 4: Cross-site and social media trackers
  • behavior 5: Cross-site and social media trackers, and isolate remaining cookies

This text is clipped in Custom, and is a bit of a mouthful for Standard and Strict. We may be able to simplify the strings if we display something different in Standard and Strict than we do in custom:

• Standard/Strict:
  • behavior 4: Cross-site tracking cookies
  • behavior 5: Cross-site cookies
• Custom:
  • behavior 4: Cross-site and social media trackers
  • behavior 5: Cross-site and social media trackers, and isolate remaining cookies

Cross-site cookies is the right characterization of the feature. We're removing the cross-site nature of cookies. It doesn't matter too much that some are blocked and some are partitioned. In Custom we need to differentiate this policy from the older policies that are not on by default. The current text is sufficient for that, but it would be great to simplify this as well. I don't see an approach to doing so unless we're comfortable dropping "social media trackers".

Comment 1

[Meridel [:meridel]]

Please review slides 20-24, including noted questions: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OWIVLOVyWHmqr385W6KSA_HupFa7m3XfCwmkKJZacBs/edit?ts=5ef4c6a7#slide=id.g8ab94f0ae1_5_39

Comment 2

[Steven Englehardt [:englehardt]]

(In reply to Meridel from comment #1)

Please review slides 20-24, including noted questions: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OWIVLOVyWHmqr385W6KSA_HupFa7m3XfCwmkKJZacBs/edit?ts=5ef4c6a7#slide=id.g8ab94f0ae1_5_39

I added some comments, but I think it would also be helpful to have Tanvi's input.

Comment 3

[Tanvi Vyas[:tanvi]]

Clearing needinfo as we are discussing this on the slide deck and in meetings.

Comment 4

[(inactive) Nihanth Subramanya [:nhnt11]]

Attachment: Bug 1645924 - Update "Cookies" and "Heads up" strings for cookieBehavior=5 in content blocking prefs. r=prathiksha!

Comment 5

[(inactive) Nihanth Subramanya [:nhnt11]]

Attachment: Bug 1645924 - Test whether we use the right strings if the MVP UI is enabled or not. r=Gijs

Depends on D92430

Comment 6

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/8932a20da708
Update "Cookies" and "Heads up" strings for cookieBehavior=5 in content blocking prefs. r=prathiksha,fluent-reviewers,preferences-reviewers,flod,Gijs
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/526575cc62de
Test whether we use the right strings if the MVP UI is enabled or not. r=Gijs,preferences-reviewers

Comment 7

[Noemi Erli[:noemi_erli]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/8932a20da708
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/526575cc62de