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> it shows a "processing" screen which is stuck at 98% for about a minute Proximus [0], the partially state-owned and largest telecom provider in Belgium, uses
by smhg 6y ago
> it shows a "processing" screen which is stuck at 98% for about a minute
Proximus [0], the partially state-owned and largest telecom provider in Belgium, uses this pattern too.
Additionally, on mobile, scrolling through the cookie-usage options automatically selects the maximum invasive option. The 'scroll-touch' is registered as a regular touch selecting the option.
It's hard to believe this is by accident.
[0] https://www.proximus.be https://www.proximus.be
- ratww 6y agoThis is also Truste/TrustArc [1] that GP mentioned, and they do it on every website they're installed. Looking at their Javascript code and Timeline in the inspector it is 100% fake. It is all implemented using setTimeout and there's no communication with the server in the meantime. [1] https://trustarc.com/cookie-consent-manager/ https://trustarc.com/cookie-consent-manager/
- newswasboring 6y agoThanks for this analysis. I knew something like that might be happening but didn't know enough about js to confirm.