Investigate dropping the Cookie Monster browser extension

Originally created by @intrigeri on #6595 (Redmine)

Tails has been allowing cookies by default for a while (treating it all as session ones, though). Also, Torbutton allows to protect individual cookies (when it’s not broken: #6464 (closed)), covering some of the corner cases.

So, I wonder why we are still shipping the Cookie Monster extension. Does anyone know of valid usecases that it helps supporting? Of any real-world usage of this extension? (I don’t.)

If we can’t find any, then I propose we drop this extension to make our design simpler, closer to the TBB’s, and to avoid potential future issues when upgrading the browser.

Related issues

Blocks #6790 (closed)

Edited May 15, 2020 by intrigeri

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