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It was an honor! I am still flabbergasted I got the opportunity, but I didn't want to waste it.

• CamperBob2 7y ago
  I'd say you definitely didn't waste your time, even if you had only posted the essay online. That's a great piece of writing on the subject, especially the perspective on the GDPR's effects. Not being an EU resident, I had no idea it was that cumbersome.
  • rdiddly 7y ago
    Strictly speaking I would call that the effect of companies' resisting the spirit, and in some cases letter, of the law, not an effect of the law itself.
    • TeMPOraL 7y ago
      The same thing happened with the "cookie law" too. The law was created to gently nudge companies away from abusive tracking, by requiring to inform users about third-party cookies. But instead of stopping to use third-party trackers, the web world has simply shown the finger to the regulators, and that's how we got cookie notices on every site. My guess is that's where GDPR got its teeth from - the regulators tried the "industry self-regulation" route before, and it failed spectacularly.
  • idlewords 7y ago
    I advise everyone with a few spare minutes to spin up an EC2 instance in Frankfurt and proxy your web surfing through it for a few hours. You'll be amazed at what you see.