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Honestly, I think the only real chance for progress here is from better laws and us using better terminology in the conversation. There real problems are not "c
by mihaic 4y ago
Honestly, I think the only real chance for progress here is from better laws and us using better terminology in the conversation. There real problems are not "cookies" or even "third-party cookies" per se, but the tracking and data sharing going on with that data. Cookies are just a technology, with many legitimate reasons, what happens to the data is the real problem.
An online store keeping track of what products you looked at before a purchase on their own website is similar to a physical store watching for shopper patterns, and is completely different than a Facebook shadow profile correlated all over the web.
Cookie consent is like putting a list of all pesticides on vegetables: it's nice to know, but honestly why put the burden on the population to be experts in chemistry? And all pure-tech solutions always fail when the company you want to stop makes the browser.