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block third party cookies - workaround (facebook apps etc)

rated 0 times [ 158] [ 1] / answers: 1 / hits: 21395 / 12 Years ago, tue, july 24, 2012, 12:00:00

Safari on a Mac has a Block cookies set to From third parties and advertisers by default.

It stops the SharedObject from working if the embedded swf is from a different domain.

This problem isn't new:
Safari 3rd party cookie iframe trick no longer working?

Has anyone found a solution (other then passing the Session ID through GET/POST params in each request)?

NOTE:
I have no access to the site, which is embedding the swf, so there is no way to alter that HTML or to put any JavaScript, etc.

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answered 12 Years ago debra · Accepted Answer

function setCookie(){

   if ( navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Safari') != -1 &&

        navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Chrome') == -1 ){

      window.open('safari.php','','width=200,height=100' );

   }

}



// then we set the cookie in safari.php

Source: http://www.reizbombardement.de/archives/safari-5-1-4-enforces-cookie-policy

//UPDATE 23 July 2013

This crappy way of fixing this issue used to work until Safari 6.

Please see @Fabio Antunes and @ncubica comments below.

//UPDATE 23 July 2013 by Fabio Antunes

Here's my code

On the landing page we'll have a brief description about the app and a button saying something like enter. I'm using jquery to simplify this process, creating a listener for the click event, I'll just put the javascript code, since I'm assuming you already have the rest of the html code for the landing page:

$(document).on(click, #bt-landing, function(){

var left = (screen.width/2)-(500/2);

            var top = (screen.height/2)-(250/2);

            window.open('URL_FOR_THE_PHP_THAT_WILL_CREATE_THE_SESSION', '_blank', 'width=500,height=250,toolbar=0,location=0,menubar=0, top='+top+', left='+left);

});

This you'll open a small window, with 500 by 250 px, centered on your screen.

The code I have for the small window is this:

<?php setcookie(safari_cookie, 1);?>

    <html>

        <head>

            <meta charset=utf-8>

            <title>THE NAME OF YOUR APP OR SOMETHING THAT THE USER WE'LL READ AND ASSUME THAT THIS SMALL WINDOW IS RELIABLE</title>

        </head>

        <body>

        <script type=text/javascript>

        $(document).ready(function(){

           setTimeout(function(){window.close()},1000);

        })

        </script>

        </body>

    </html