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btw, the only way to fix this mess and not break the internet in the short term is to fix the UI. not the black magic hidden from the user. Just show 1st class
by glsdfgkjsklfj 6y ago
btw, the only way to fix this mess and not break the internet in the short term is to fix the UI. not the black magic hidden from the user.
Just show 1st class useful controls on the browser UI for cookies and the problem solves itself. what EU cookie law should have been.
Every user understands "site A wants to store a save file" "site A wants to access save file". Nobody understands cookies and same-origin and cors.
- anticristi 6y agoYeah, the cookie law was a false start. Laypeople don't care about the exact technical implementation (e.g., session cookies vs. persistent cookies vs. local storage vs. browser fingerprinting). What I care as a EU citizen: Are you collecting and storing information that can directly or indirectly identify me? Yes, tracking and profiling are included in this. You want to store some session cookies, so you remember my shopping cart? Go ahead! You want to store some cookies, so you remember I was logged in? Sure! You want to use every available technological loophole to follow my every path on the Internet? Errrr, no thanks!
- josho 6y agoI see this as a test of government. A well functioning government will iterate on their laws and see what they got right/wrong and improve it. I'll keep my fingers crossed for a GDPR 1.1 that patches some of the things they got wrong.
- anticristi 6y agoI think the cookie law is somewhat meah, but I feel GDPR is pretty future proof. I don't expect GDPR to change a lot, rather our application of it (so-called ECJ recitals) will evolve. Wouldn't you agree?