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Big Tech to EU: "Drop Dead" (www.eff.org)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I thought this article was a good, brief discussion on cookie banners. The summary is that the EU didn't mandate cookie banners, just acquiring consent. And they forbid common dark patterns making the "no" option more difficult to submit. It's the tech industry that settled on the terrible banners, and many of them (most?) don't actually conform to the law's requirements.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

A great thing about the banners is that it's not immediately obvious to everyone that websites are trying to track their every step online. The banners are annoying, but at least it pushes the tech industry to play with open cards.