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I agree, but it's mostly in the poor implementation where that law fails, the idea behind it wasn't bad. I think it can still be fixed by stipulating: if the b

I agree, but it's mostly in the poor implementation where that law fails, the idea behind it wasn't bad. I think it can still be fixed by stipulating: if the browser sends you an X-Privacy header with some well defined content then you are not allowed to show a popup and you should use the content of that header instead. The exact content of that header needs to be fleshed out but should offer a lot of customisation to keep 90% of the people happy. I'm sure mod builders and browser makers would come up with a convenient way to set that header just once and then the problem would go away.

amiga386 3y ago
This was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track and it did not work. Surveillance capitalism is just worth too much to websites to even pay lip service to user privacy. The only thing that works is having your user-agent mercilessly chop the survelliance shit out of web pages. Don't evaluate it, don't render it. Because thw websites will forever be hostile to your interests while they can enrich themselves by datamining you.
- danaris 3y ago
  It didn't work because there was no law backing it. It's purely a "voluntary self-regulation mechanism". Voluntary self-regulation doesn't work on greedy assholes who don't care how much of the web they make unusable as long as they get an extra 0.0003¢ per page view.
- speleding 3y ago
  I'm aware of that header, but respecting it is voluntary, which is highly unlikely to work if there is a strong monetary incentive not to comply. It's also pretty coarse. I may want to allow a site I like to collect analytics to help them out, I may even want a search engine to keep track of my behaviour to give me better results. Just an on/off, where IE has set the default to off, was never going to work.
  - MaxBarraclough 3y ago
    If Global Privacy Control takes off it will be much like Do Not Track, except with legal power, in some jurisdictions at least. https://globalprivacycontrol.org/#about https://globalprivacycontrol.org/#about

amiga386 3y ago

This was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track and it did not work. Surveillance capitalism is just worth too much to websites to even pay lip service to user privacy. The only thing that works is having your user-agent mercilessly chop the survelliance shit out of web pages. Don't evaluate it, don't render it. Because thw websites will forever be hostile to your interests while they can enrich themselves by datamining you.

danaris 3y ago
It didn't work because there was no law backing it. It's purely a "voluntary self-regulation mechanism". Voluntary self-regulation doesn't work on greedy assholes who don't care how much of the web they make unusable as long as they get an extra 0.0003¢ per page view.
speleding 3y ago
I'm aware of that header, but respecting it is voluntary, which is highly unlikely to work if there is a strong monetary incentive not to comply. It's also pretty coarse. I may want to allow a site I like to collect analytics to help them out, I may even want a search engine to keep track of my behaviour to give me better results. Just an on/off, where IE has set the default to off, was never going to work.
- MaxBarraclough 3y ago
  If Global Privacy Control takes off it will be much like Do Not Track, except with legal power, in some jurisdictions at least. https://globalprivacycontrol.org/#about https://globalprivacycontrol.org/#about