Fixing Cookie Issues on Facebook & Browsers

0:00From the Daily News Now Network, this is Sydney News today. Many websites rely on cookies to deliver full features, content, and personalization. If you've blocked them, you could be missing out on key parts of a site. Enabling cookies is a quick fix that restores everything without much hassle. A common snag happens in the Facebook apps built-in browser, where it sometimes ignores set cookies. The easy workaround is to switch links to open in your phone's default browser. Just tap the menu icon in the top right, go to app settings, and toggle on links open externally. This issue frustrates users who want seamless access on the go. It stems from a temporary browser defect that developers plan to patch soon, but the setting change keeps things smooth in the meantime. For Firefox users, head to tools, then options, privacy, and select custom history settings, check the boxes to accept cookies from sites and third parties, set them to keep until they expire and hit OK. Chrome folks, open options, privacy, content settings, and allow local data while unchecking

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