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Thanks. Not only is the original link paywalled it is also not accessible from EU because GDPR and they think it is easier to block us than to not have so much

Thanks. Not only is the original link paywalled it is also not accessible from EU because GDPR and they think it is easier to block us than to not have so much third party cookies or such :sad:

dj_mc_merlin 4y ago
Weird, from EU also, not paywalled nor geofenced for me.
- nibbleshifter 4y ago
  The geofence code only kicked in when I was about halfway through the article. Seems buggy as fuck.
scarface_74 4y ago
Blame your government. The only thing that the 99 section/11 chapter GDPR accomplished was to make the web worse with shitty Cookie notices.
- nibbleshifter 4y ago
  GDPR has proven incredibly useful to me and others in imposing cost on organisations and businesses that want to fuck about with our data. Someone's acting the maggot? No matter where they are, they get a subject access request. Followed by a request to correct or delete data. The ability to legally force companies to correct inaccurate data is incredibly useful.
  - scarface_74 4y ago
    Facebook and Google didn't announce any harm from the GDPR. There are many companies that announce lower earning expectations from a simple 5 line App Store change by Apple and a one time popup asking you whether you want to be tracked.
    - nibbleshifter 4y ago
      FAANG aren't who I am thinking of here - much worse are the background check and risk reporting companies such as WorldCheck that maintain dossiers on you that can often be not much more than speculative fanfiction, which banks use to assess risk.
- Dylan16807 4y ago
  Websites don't need notices if they're not doing anything shady or unnecessary tracking, and just about every cookie notices I see is going against either the wording or the intent of the law. If they want to be annoying on purpose, we should blame them, not the GDPR.
  - scarface_74 4y ago
    So it's an effective law just not effectively enforced. Isn't that a distinction without a difference?
    - Dylan16807 4y ago
      I'm not saying it's effective (yet), but if companies respond to a law by doing something very obnoxious and not at all required by the law, I point my blame at the companies.

Thanks. Not only is the original link paywalled it is also not accessible from EU because GDPR and they think it is easier to block us than to not have so much third party cookies or such :sad:

dj_mc_merlin 4y ago

Weird, from EU also, not paywalled nor geofenced for me.

nibbleshifter 4y ago
The geofence code only kicked in when I was about halfway through the article. Seems buggy as fuck.

scarface_74 4y ago

Blame your government. The only thing that the 99 section/11 chapter GDPR accomplished was to make the web worse with shitty Cookie notices.

nibbleshifter 4y ago
GDPR has proven incredibly useful to me and others in imposing cost on organisations and businesses that want to fuck about with our data. Someone's acting the maggot? No matter where they are, they get a subject access request. Followed by a request to correct or delete data. The ability to legally force companies to correct inaccurate data is incredibly useful.
- scarface_74 4y ago
  Facebook and Google didn't announce any harm from the GDPR. There are many companies that announce lower earning expectations from a simple 5 line App Store change by Apple and a one time popup asking you whether you want to be tracked.
  - nibbleshifter 4y ago
    FAANG aren't who I am thinking of here - much worse are the background check and risk reporting companies such as WorldCheck that maintain dossiers on you that can often be not much more than speculative fanfiction, which banks use to assess risk.
Dylan16807 4y ago
Websites don't need notices if they're not doing anything shady or unnecessary tracking, and just about every cookie notices I see is going against either the wording or the intent of the law. If they want to be annoying on purpose, we should blame them, not the GDPR.
- scarface_74 4y ago
  So it's an effective law just not effectively enforced. Isn't that a distinction without a difference?
  - Dylan16807 4y ago
    I'm not saying it's effective (yet), but if companies respond to a law by doing something very obnoxious and not at all required by the law, I point my blame at the companies.