Detect post-cookies acceptance tracking

[flatsiedatsie]

I've been using your tool, it's great.

One of the things I've noticed is that it can give a false sense of security. If I scan websites it will often say they contain little to no tracking. But when I visit those website, it's only after I accept cookies that they load in all the tracking, and the full scale of the surveillance becomes visible.

Thinking out loud, would it somehow be possible to detect cookies overlays, and create different results like:

• Tracking level while the cookiewall is still up (current situation)
• Tracking level after accepting cookies (should be relatively easy to do, there already exist overlay detection code)
• Tracking level if cookies are not accepted (this would be much harder to do, since there are often so many hoops to jump though. It's less important than the other two, so it matters less)

[yo-bj]

A very belated "yes, please" to this older issue/enhancement request. I'm running into instances where running sites through Blacklight result in no identified tracking issues thanks to a cookie consent banner. Running the same site through Website Evidence Collector (without additional parameters) shows some level of tracking even with the cookie banner present.

Currently I'm able to test cookie consent/non-consent with Website Evidence Collector; however, the process of getting the exact cookie value that will work in the command line is tedious at best. Any way to make the process viable (and easier) in Blacklight would be very welcomed.