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Side note: anyone tried to change his privacy settings on engadget.com? There seems to be a lot of bad ux at play.

by pintxo 8y ago

sdoering 8y ago
Yes. They just do not enable you to do that. And do totally not comply with GDPR requirements this way. But non the less hope to come out unscathed because of their "opt in" popup. Well. As I have a strong hosts file as well as respective browser addons I do not care - their trackers do not see me.
black_puppydog 8y ago
I've just stopped bothering. The intersection between "sites that use dark patterns to get around gdpr" and "sites with content I really need to get, and from them" is empty (in my sample)
- noneeeed 8y ago
  Likewise. I'm much more likely to just go "meh" and close the tab if I hit some shitty cookie dialogue that makes me manually untick 37 options before continuing. There are plenty of good sites out there who have either less or no tracking bollocks, I don't need to use the shitty ones.
StavrosK 8y ago
Whenever I see the Oath pop up, I just close the site.
- jfk13 8y ago
  Same here. It's way beyond unacceptable; it's atrocious. I hope someone has the time and energy to pursue a GDPR complaint against them, as at least some Oath sites are clearly targeted at EU-based users.
mirimir 8y ago
Yeah. > Before you continue... > Engadget is now part of the Oath family. We (Oath) and our partners need your consent to access your device, set cookies, and use your data, including your location, to understand your interests, provide relevant ads and measure their effectiveness. Oath will also provide relevant ads to you on our partners' products. Learn More > Select 'OK' to allow Oath and our partners to use your data, or 'Manage options' to review our partners and your choices. Tip: Sign In to save these choices and avoid repeating this across devices. You can always update your preferences in the Privacy Centre. Not going to do that! And from the Google cache link: > 404. That’s an error. > The requested URL /search?q=cache:lT5Qm1nXpPcJ:https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/29/nasa-proves-its-space-helicopter-can-fly-on-mars/+&cd=1&hl=de&ct=clnk&gl=de https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/29/nasa-proves-its-space-he... was not found on this server. That’s all we know. But the Internet Archive has a good copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20190329140048/https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/29/nasa-proves-its-space-helicopter-can-fly-on-mars/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190329140048/https://www.engad...
52-6F-62 8y ago
I've been using the Duck Duck Go Firefox extension. It seems to help a fair bit.
abc-xyz 8y ago
If you use Android then I strongly recommend Firefox, you can easily install ublock origin and other addons, and they even have an option to disable cookies altogether.. it's really a joy to use.

Side note: anyone tried to change his privacy settings on engadget.com? There seems to be a lot of bad ux at play.

by pintxo 8y ago

Side note: anyone tried to change his privacy settings on engadget.com? There seems to be a lot of bad ux at play.

Yes. They just do not enable you to do that. And do totally not comply with GDPR requirements this way. But non the less hope to come out unscathed because of their "opt in" popup. Well. As I have a strong hosts file as well as respective browser addons I do not care - their trackers do not see me.

black_puppydog 8y ago

I've just stopped bothering. The intersection between "sites that use dark patterns to get around gdpr" and "sites with content I really need to get, and from them" is empty (in my sample)

noneeeed 8y ago
Likewise. I'm much more likely to just go "meh" and close the tab if I hit some shitty cookie dialogue that makes me manually untick 37 options before continuing. There are plenty of good sites out there who have either less or no tracking bollocks, I don't need to use the shitty ones.

StavrosK 8y ago

Whenever I see the Oath pop up, I just close the site.

jfk13 8y ago
Same here. It's way beyond unacceptable; it's atrocious. I hope someone has the time and energy to pursue a GDPR complaint against them, as at least some Oath sites are clearly targeted at EU-based users.

mirimir 8y ago

Yeah. > Before you continue... > Engadget is now part of the Oath family. We (Oath) and our partners need your consent to access your device, set cookies, and use your data, including your location, to understand your interests, provide relevant ads and measure their effectiveness. Oath will also provide relevant ads to you on our partners' products. Learn More > Select 'OK' to allow Oath and our partners to use your data, or 'Manage options' to review our partners and your choices. Tip: Sign In to save these choices and avoid repeating this across devices. You can always update your preferences in the Privacy Centre. Not going to do that! And from the Google cache link: > 404. That’s an error. > The requested URL /search?q=cache:lT5Qm1nXpPcJ:https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/29/nasa-proves-its-space-helicopter-can-fly-on-mars/+&cd=1&hl=de&ct=clnk&gl=de https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/29/nasa-proves-its-space-he... was not found on this server. That’s all we know. But the Internet Archive has a good copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20190329140048/https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/29/nasa-proves-its-space-helicopter-can-fly-on-mars/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190329140048/https://www.engad...

52-6F-62 8y ago

I've been using the Duck Duck Go Firefox extension. It seems to help a fair bit.

abc-xyz 8y ago

If you use Android then I strongly recommend Firefox, you can easily install ublock origin and other addons, and they even have an option to disable cookies altogether.. it's really a joy to use.