[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 7965] New: Third Party Cookies Blocked

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http://bugzilla.opendarwin.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7965

           Summary: Third Party Cookies Blocked
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 420+ (nightly)
          Platform: Macintosh
        OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.4
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: New Bugs
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at opendarwin.org
        ReportedBy: jhaygood at spsu.edu


Third Party Cookies are apparently blocked from being used, even with P3P
headers set. This can be detrimental to user experience, especially when it
comes to advertising.

Most third party cookies set are not for "tracking", but for user options,
mainly, to confirm that a particular intrusive ad isn't as intrusive, by only
being intrusive the first time its seen on any website, not just the first time
its seen on a particular website. With third-party cookies blocked, this can be
very annoying, specially when the people using Safari happens to be the clients
who requested the non-intrusive (but intrusive on first load) functionality.

Other browsers:
Mozilla Firefox 1.5: allows third party cookies by default
Internet Explorer 6 / Windows: blocks without a P3P privacy policy (which is
set)

Safari: blocked

Test Page:
http://apps.eyewonderlabs.com/adWdrVideoSpace/ad/5165/approvalJSTags.html

A JavaScript alert should pop up with the amount of times that ad has been
seen. The cookie is set using industry standard methods of using a 1x1 gif to
write it, and is read via a JS file that's written out dynamically.


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