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There are so many dark patterns for tracking users, not to mention other dark patterns. The excessive focus on cookies is a distraction. (Not to mention that c
by josh_fyi 5y ago
There are so many dark patterns for tracking users, not to mention other dark patterns. The excessive focus on cookies is a distraction. (Not to mention that cookies can be a valuable, almost unavoidable way of providing useful services.)
Dark patterns should be suppressed, but balancing attention on all such patterns.
- kuschku 5y agoEU law never specifically mentions cookies, it applies to all forms of tracking, even e.g. to CCTV in public spaces. GDPR and eProvacy Dir. are very broadly defined because they apply to anything containing or storing identifiable data, even IP addresses in server logs.