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So, this cookie alert on theverge.com is both refreshingly honest and depressingly disturbing (lemmy.radio)

submitted 2 months ago by vk6flab@lemmy.radio to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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A cookie notice that seeks permission to share your details with "848 of our partners" and "actively scan device details for identification".

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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

And the EU has forced us to answer that goddamn "do you accept cookies?" question on every frigging website. How many people just click "accept all" to get on with things?

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The EU has forced them to give us the option. Previously, they'd do all of that shit without telling you.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Previously I just opted out of all cookies as a browser setting.

[–] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

ok to be honest i'd rather have the choice to accept or decline it and waste a couple seconds then having all of that enabled by default with no way to reject them

[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

I have the ghosrtery extension on Firefox, I have it set to auto reject all tracking cookies, and reject all third party "legitimate interest" cookies. I've heard there's other extensions that do the same, and maybe better, but I already have it set the way I want.

[–] neutronst4r@beehaw.org 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

THAT IS A BIG FAT LIE! The EU did not force any such thing. The EU simply said that people's data cannot be used without consent. This is the website asking for consent.

Website developers have a perfectly valid choice not to collect any data. They chose their profits above your privacy.

I have a website and I don't have a popup asking for consent, because I don't need to, because I don't collect any data.

[–] drwho@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Cookie Auto-Delete helps with that.

[–] Swarfega@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

There's cookie lists in uBlock Origin. Just enable them.