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Exactly like GDPR shouldn't have mandated millions of websites to pop up a consent form, as a global browser setting could would have set consent as a user pref
by hirako2000 1mo ago
Exactly like GDPR shouldn't have mandated millions of websites to pop up a consent form, as a global browser setting could would have set consent as a user preference.
But the objective of these regulations aren't what it says on the tin.
- inigyou 1mo agoThe objective is exactly what it says on the tin. The malicious compliance is someone else's objective.
- samus 1mo agoThe GDPR doesn't directly mandate cookie banners though. It wants consent from users prior to processing their data. Also, the browser flag that indicates no consent already exists: https://globalprivacycontrol.org/faq https://globalprivacycontrol.org/faq
- hirako2000 1mo agoI agree the legislation simply makes consent a requirement, and browsers could have implemented a flag from the get go for websites to read from. Glad it is now in place.