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> First there was a cookie law, to train people to give consent to anything that pops up without reading People sitting in front of computers have been blindly
by dotancohen 2y ago
> First there was a cookie law, to train people to give consent to anything that pops up without reading
People sitting in front of computers have been blindly clicking Yes to get work done for decades. I remember decades ago watching dumbfounded as people would click through Windows' orgasmic install dialogs (Yes, Yes, Yes, Finish) without ever reading or understanding what they were doing.
- varispeed 2y agoThat's not the same. Most GDPR consent pop ups are exactly the same as "benign" cookie banners people are trained to mindlessly click to go away, actual giving consent for their data to be repackaged and sold.