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You shouldn't even have to need filesystem API if you're just using it as an emacs client connecting to an emacs server. Your remark about GDPR is kind of stra

by rusk 6y ago

You shouldn't even have to need filesystem API if you're just using it as an emacs client connecting to an emacs server. Your remark about GDPR is kind of strange ... not sure what that would have to do with anything ... GDPR applies to people and organisations, not their tools.

hdjdbtbgwjsn 6y ago
Some people really hate GDPR. It has crushed the AdTech industry in Europe - I'm not sad about that but I do hope those people found other employment fast.
- rusk 6y ago
  There was a thriving industry harvesting and processing personal details about people. I think if the true extent of it were known most people would warmly embrace GDPR. But some people have lost a lot of money and they are pissed, but again I kind of feel there is a lot unscrupulousness involved so it's hard to feel sympathy. To a lesser extent, there are people that are concerned about "all the extra work" this entails, and the cost it adds to their bottom line. But this stuff is important nowadays. You really should be taking care of it. There is some scaremongering about small firms being blown out of the water for noncompliance, but really, unless you're doing something you shouldn't be doing you should be fine. The terms of GDPR though still not completely clearly specified are flexible and reasonable. The main thing is now, that you can't say you weren't aware of it.
NateEag 6y ago
The requirement to advertise "we use cookies" and spam you with popups when you visit a site is frustrating for highly technical users. OP is saying that Emacs-as-website would be frustrating if it had those popups.
- rusk 6y ago
  You don’t have to do that unless you’re hosting a public site ... and even so if it’s a private session and you’d logged in this wouldn’t be required. Logging in is seen as a tacit acknowledgment that you consent to being tracked, cause how would I have. A personal session otherwise. The cookies warning is all about notifying the casual reader who might otherwise believe they were passively browsing static content.
  - krageon 6y ago
    > Logging in is seen as a tacit acknowledgment that you consent to being tracked Logging in means you get a single cookie (a login/session cookie), that cookie is necessary and thus a functional cookie that you can't say no to. All other cookies (and basically every form of tracking) still isn't allowed without consent.

by rusk 6y ago

hdjdbtbgwjsn 6y ago

Some people really hate GDPR. It has crushed the AdTech industry in Europe - I'm not sad about that but I do hope those people found other employment fast.

rusk 6y ago
There was a thriving industry harvesting and processing personal details about people. I think if the true extent of it were known most people would warmly embrace GDPR. But some people have lost a lot of money and they are pissed, but again I kind of feel there is a lot unscrupulousness involved so it's hard to feel sympathy. To a lesser extent, there are people that are concerned about "all the extra work" this entails, and the cost it adds to their bottom line. But this stuff is important nowadays. You really should be taking care of it. There is some scaremongering about small firms being blown out of the water for noncompliance, but really, unless you're doing something you shouldn't be doing you should be fine. The terms of GDPR though still not completely clearly specified are flexible and reasonable. The main thing is now, that you can't say you weren't aware of it.

NateEag 6y ago

The requirement to advertise "we use cookies" and spam you with popups when you visit a site is frustrating for highly technical users. OP is saying that Emacs-as-website would be frustrating if it had those popups.

rusk 6y ago
You don’t have to do that unless you’re hosting a public site ... and even so if it’s a private session and you’d logged in this wouldn’t be required. Logging in is seen as a tacit acknowledgment that you consent to being tracked, cause how would I have. A personal session otherwise. The cookies warning is all about notifying the casual reader who might otherwise believe they were passively browsing static content.
- krageon 6y ago
  > Logging in is seen as a tacit acknowledgment that you consent to being tracked Logging in means you get a single cookie (a login/session cookie), that cookie is necessary and thus a functional cookie that you can't say no to. All other cookies (and basically every form of tracking) still isn't allowed without consent.