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> ...you only get access to websites if you give away your GDPR consent. If a model box only has "I consent" and "Learn more" buttons, then I don't consider cl
by rlpb 6y ago
> ...you only get access to websites if you give away your GDPR consent.
If a model box only has "I consent" and "Learn more" buttons, then I don't consider clicking on "I consent" to mean freely given GDPR consent. Since it's the only reasonable way of viewing the website, and the GDPR doesn't permit a consent-wall, it's non-consent, and any use of my personal data following that event remains illegal.
It's not a problem with the GDPR; it's a problem with the ICO failing to put a stop to this.
- dheera 6y agoIf there is a modal box I usually right click and get rid of the modal box with dev tools. That way I never gave any consent. Nowadays I have browser plugins that do that for me, but same idea. In any case I block cookies on all sites except for a few whitelisted ones so big "ha" to them if they think they can cookie me up. "Functional cookies" my ass. The sites work just fine without them.
- anoncake 6y agoDo you really think those websites actually check if you "gave consent" before tracking you?
- dheera 6y agoIt feels good to not agree successfully in the lack of a "I don't agree" button. I block their cookies anyway. :) I need to find better ways to mess with their fingerprinting though, or maybe throw back some bogus cookies at them with badly-formatted data instead of blocking them.
- pasabagi 6y agoIs this something people do? Is it possible for a user to edit a cookie in a malicious way? Do servers typically trust cookies they have placed on a user's machine?
- ric2b 6y ago> Is it possible for a user to edit a cookie in a malicious way? Obviously, it comes from the user's machine so it can be modified before being sent to the server. Unless you're doing something custom/fancy like signing that data you shouldn't trust that it hasn't been tampered with.