Sentinel Check / Ghost Protocol
MODULE 13

Cookie & Consent Audit

Cookie banners are designed to trick you into accepting. Here's how to reject everything automatically.

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⚠ "Accept All" loads 30 to 150 tracking scripts per page. Dark patterns make the reject option deliberately hard to find. You have the right to reject all non-essential cookies under UK GDPR: and it must be as easy as accepting.

What Cookie Banners Actually Do

ACCEPT ALL

Typically loads 30 to 150 trackers. Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, dozens of ad networks. Your behaviour on that page is now sold to hundreds of companies. This is what they want you to click.

LEGITIMATE INTEREST

The sneakiest category. Companies claim a "legitimate interest" in tracking you without consent. Under GDPR you can object: but most banners bury this behind 5+ extra screens. Tools below handle it automatically.

REJECT ALL / ESSENTIAL ONLY

Only loads cookies needed for the site to function. No trackers. Under UK GDPR, refusing must be as easy as accepting: so this button must exist. Extensions below find and click it for you.

Tools That Automatically Reject Cookies

uBlock Origin (with cookie filter lists)
BEST

Add the "EasyList Cookie List" and "I don't care about cookies" filter lists to uBlock. It blocks most cookie banners entirely: they never appear. Cleanest solution.

HOW: uBlock dashboard → Filter Lists → Annoyances → enable "EasyList Cookie" and "uBlock filters - Annoyances"
GET UBLOCK ↗
Consent-O-Matic
AUTO-REJECT

Browser extension that recognises cookie consent platforms (OneTrust, CookieBot, etc.) and automatically selects the minimum consent option: rejecting all non-essential cookies.

GET EXTENSION ↗
Cookie AutoDelete
CLEANUP

Automatically deletes cookies from sites you've closed. Whitelist sites you trust. Stops long-term tracking cookies accumulating even when you do accidentally accept.

GET EXTENSION ↗
Firefox Total Cookie Protection
BUILT-IN

Firefox's built-in "Total Cookie Protection" puts each website's cookies in a separate jar: so tracking cookies can't follow you between sites even if you accept them.

HOW: Firefox Settings → Privacy → Enhanced Tracking Protection → Strict mode enables this automatically
GET FIREFOX ↗

Consent & Cookie Checklist

Your GDPR Rights on Cookie Consent

Refusing must be as easy as accepting
Under UK GDPR, if a site has an "Accept All" button, it must have an equally prominent "Reject All" button. A site that hides the reject option is violating the law. Report to: ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint
Legitimate interest can be objected to
Sites claiming "legitimate interest" for tracking must provide a way to object. If the reject option is missing or hard to find, consider reporting the issue to the ICO. Consent-O-Matic handles this automatically.
Pre-ticked boxes are illegal
Consent must be a positive opt-in action. Pre-ticked "I agree to share my data" boxes are illegal under UK GDPR. Untick and report.
You can withdraw consent at any time
Any consent you've given can be withdrawn. The site must make this as easy as giving it. Cookie settings are usually accessible via the footer of a site.
REPORT TO ICO ↗