No Cookie for You
Visiting <a href="https://github.com" rel="nofollow">https://github.com</a> on a clean browser profile results in these cookies being set:<p><pre><code>    _gh_sess "2RS32uKu1a6pH8js1RreBWXcr4EdQMHXr/6PdyOeH7tgLbeIdxTaYni5fcFWff4wXTvqv8+lSeJ2W0RWHu0hgN4toFeR8B22x/HGuIx6gdIi4dvd2xQ4gtnuvhBVLTwnYjNGNcnT7ODFlerX+Li9HL33KXUvP/LDMlXTxCP+sJycF1x83Wqh8r2JFTGpcKgaQ22maisp6gfNVJI6MLnFQrKu/LxnuuMfPcVHzCEBjxDejJ/19ucDUVGnZ5LwP4JGTp1+RumiuA8MPxUTaktbLg==--TmIIVNRcipKqc2yt--6HedWH9JiNkUgNKKyGf30A=="
    _octo "GH1.1.1254465225.1608314039"
    logged_in "no"
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The article is written in a way that we assume that they're not using any cookies unless necessary, but it seems that the actual implication is that they've re-categorised these cookies as "essential".