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What you can do today: - If your browser doesn't have this option yet, write its developers, product managers, or CEO, voicing your most humble request that th
by logicallee 8y ago
What you can do today:
- If your browser doesn't have this option yet, write its developers, product managers, or CEO, voicing your most humble request that they try do something that does work, at least with some pages some of the time, to try to proactively automatically agree to GDPR and cookies. (Or automatically disagree with them, discard cookies, whatever.)
I promise you that it is possible technically to do something that works on at least 1 page, that other web sites could mimic the interaction of and have it work on them too.
Sites won't all support browsers' solutions but if browsers can automate something, then some web sites can adapt to it. (By using the same interaction, names, etc - i.e. legally clicking for the user, or so that the web site can't tell if the browser sent that automated per the setting chosen by the user, or if the user manually clicked. Even if they can only automate ones that closely match certain element names etc it will still be a step ahead.)
- gnode 8y agoI think you're missing the point. The operators of these sites are not interested in respecting user choice. I'm sure they're aware that the most ergonomic thing to do, and arguably the only legal thing to do, is to present users with two buttons "Yes, track me" and "No, don't track me", then provide the service with no degradation either way. But they realise that almost nobody actually wants the tracking, and that does not align with their interests.
- tjoff 8y agoThe thing is that the law requires exactly that. So it will be interesting to see the consequences. They are currently just trying the waters, see what they can get away with, most certainly already have a backup plan they will enable at the first sign of trouble.
- logicallee 8y agoWhat I said applies perfectly to that case!