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sofixa's point this isn't really about "cookies" aside, why should the state legislate a mostly-well-behaved actor have to do additional work to deal with bad a
by morelisp 5y ago
sofixa's point this isn't really about "cookies" aside, why should the state legislate a mostly-well-behaved actor have to do additional work to deal with bad actors, instead of (at least trying to) addressing the bad actors directly?
HN already whines about how hard GDPR is to comply with, can you imagine how bizarro it would be if the EU regulators were chasing after Firefox and not Facebook?
- _moof 5y ago> why should the state legislate a mostly-well-behaved actor have to do additional work to deal with bad actors This is pretty much just how regulated industries work. One jerk does something shady or dangerous and then everyone else has to do extra paperwork and inspections in order to prove they aren't doing shady or dangerous things too. It isn't the regulator's fault; it's the jerk's fault.
- morelisp 5y agoRight, which is why all other data processors now bear some responsibility. They done goofed the whole industry, and need to pay for it. But leaving data processors alone and going after browsers would be a big mistake, despite the veneer of some technical appeal.