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For anyone wanting to see the same shockwave as is linked here in video form, a BBC article[0] has a it embedded. The Himawari viewer works well for stills but

For anyone wanting to see the same shockwave as is linked here in video form, a BBC article[0] has a it embedded. The Himawari viewer works well for stills but makes the effect over time a bit harder to appreciate. [0]: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-60007119 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-60007119

curiousgal 5y ago
Seriously fuck the BBC and their Cookie Consent prompt, do they really expect me to manually untick every single vendor?
- IanCal 5y ago
  I'm curious as to what you see (I'm in the UK so there are very strict legal requirements that the BBC don't show ads so my page will be different to yours) for me the cookie prompt is at the top and pushes the content down a little but I can ignore it and see everything. That meets gdpr requirements as I can still do what I want and unless I tick OK nothing should be set.
- ceejayoz 5y ago
  No, they expect you to give up and accept them. The worst one I ever saw was where above the fold items were unchecked, but the below the fold items were checked where you couldn’t see them.
- thorsten11 5y ago
  You could use Firefox and a cookie-handler plug-in.
  - throwawayboise 5y ago
    Yeah I just browse with a profile that deletes all cookies and history when I close the browser. Then just accept or dismiss all those stupid cookie consent popups.
    - uKVZe85V 5y ago
      I've seen many of consent forms mention tracking beyond cookies and cross-devices. Are you sure that by accepting you aren't just accepting legally to continue to be tracked with all other means? If true, then deleting cookies only cause them to ask again next time, but you're still fully tracked. See https://www.kompyte.com/blog/5-ways-to-identify-your-users-without-using-cookies/ https://www.kompyte.com/blog/5-ways-to-identify-your-users-w... (just found it) for examples of tracking without cookies.
  - cuteboy19 5y ago
    They don't have it on mobile yet, though you can use the "I don't care about cookies" UBlock filterlist
    - Kelamir 5y ago
      More like "they had, but decided to remove". Firefox on Android used to support any extensions, but they cut that down. You can still get the functionality in browsers like Icecatmobile, though.
      - Tagbert 5y ago
        If you mean the old XUL extensions with zero security? I think that transition was worth losing some extensions due to the more strict sandboxing.
- robin_reala 5y ago
  Alexander Hanff is trying to sort that: https://twitter.com/alexanderhanff/status/1478306539437969409 https://twitter.com/alexanderhanff/status/147830653943796940...
  - KennyBlanken 5y ago
    That man is a moron. A tweet to a large organization's twitter handle is not a formal complaint. I guess sending in a letter isn't as good for social media engagement, though.
  - TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
    How about just not using their website is it is so annoying? The more audience they lose, the more apt they C we’ll be to change it.
- zh3 5y ago
  That sounds like a different experience to what we get in the UK - one cookie prompt and you're good to go for many months (at least). Could be the BBC's fault, possibly due to in-country legalese though?
- madacol 5y ago
  Use incognito, or Firefox + Multi-account Container + Temporary containers
- radlad 5y ago
  uBlock Origin + EasyList Cookies or Fanboy Annoyances.

curiousgal 5y ago

Seriously fuck the BBC and their Cookie Consent prompt, do they really expect me to manually untick every single vendor?

IanCal 5y ago
I'm curious as to what you see (I'm in the UK so there are very strict legal requirements that the BBC don't show ads so my page will be different to yours) for me the cookie prompt is at the top and pushes the content down a little but I can ignore it and see everything. That meets gdpr requirements as I can still do what I want and unless I tick OK nothing should be set.
ceejayoz 5y ago
No, they expect you to give up and accept them. The worst one I ever saw was where above the fold items were unchecked, but the below the fold items were checked where you couldn’t see them.
thorsten11 5y ago
You could use Firefox and a cookie-handler plug-in.
- throwawayboise 5y ago
  Yeah I just browse with a profile that deletes all cookies and history when I close the browser. Then just accept or dismiss all those stupid cookie consent popups.
  - uKVZe85V 5y ago
    I've seen many of consent forms mention tracking beyond cookies and cross-devices. Are you sure that by accepting you aren't just accepting legally to continue to be tracked with all other means? If true, then deleting cookies only cause them to ask again next time, but you're still fully tracked. See https://www.kompyte.com/blog/5-ways-to-identify-your-users-without-using-cookies/ https://www.kompyte.com/blog/5-ways-to-identify-your-users-w... (just found it) for examples of tracking without cookies.
- cuteboy19 5y ago
  They don't have it on mobile yet, though you can use the "I don't care about cookies" UBlock filterlist
  - Kelamir 5y ago
    More like "they had, but decided to remove". Firefox on Android used to support any extensions, but they cut that down. You can still get the functionality in browsers like Icecatmobile, though.
    - Tagbert 5y ago
      If you mean the old XUL extensions with zero security? I think that transition was worth losing some extensions due to the more strict sandboxing.
robin_reala 5y ago
Alexander Hanff is trying to sort that: https://twitter.com/alexanderhanff/status/1478306539437969409 https://twitter.com/alexanderhanff/status/147830653943796940...
- KennyBlanken 5y ago
  That man is a moron. A tweet to a large organization's twitter handle is not a formal complaint. I guess sending in a letter isn't as good for social media engagement, though.
- TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
  How about just not using their website is it is so annoying? The more audience they lose, the more apt they C we’ll be to change it.
zh3 5y ago
That sounds like a different experience to what we get in the UK - one cookie prompt and you're good to go for many months (at least). Could be the BBC's fault, possibly due to in-country legalese though?
madacol 5y ago
Use incognito, or Firefox + Multi-account Container + Temporary containers
radlad 5y ago
uBlock Origin + EasyList Cookies or Fanboy Annoyances.