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Millions of websites are currently showing stupid cookie popups because they're mandated by law to obtain the user's consent. Why shouldn't that consent or lack
by TillE 4y ago
Millions of websites are currently showing stupid cookie popups because they're mandated by law to obtain the user's consent. Why shouldn't that consent or lack thereof be expressed once in the browser UI instead?
The only issue with DNT is that it wasn't mandated.
- ethbr0 4y agoExactly. My agent speaks for me. That it's inconvenient for the tracking industry and thus was ignored is an enforcement issue, not a technical one. If my browser tells you not to track me, it should be illegal to ask me again.
- runiq 4y ago> Exactly. My agent speaks for me. That's it. We don't call it a user agent for nothing. Or rather, we shouldn't, but we are.
- thwarted 4y agoThere was P3P, started over two decades ago, which never gained traction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P3P https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P3P https://www.w3.org/P3P/ https://www.w3.org/P3P/ From Wikipedia: As an example, a user may store in the browser preferences that information about their browsing habits should not be collected. If the policy of a Website states that a cookie is used for this purpose, the browser automatically rejects the cookie.