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[–] [email protected] 43 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Eh, I think cookies should just be opt-in unless they're absolutely necessary for the site to function.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Then all cookies will be considered necessary. It's very hard to legislate the edge case.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

It's already the case that necessary cookies don't need permission, but websites do not abuse this to not show the prompt. This is because the legislation has teeth.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

This is exactly the spirit of the cookie law

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Companies already bundle their invasive data collection with necessary features so if you block it than the website just won't work, this would incentivise that behavior if necessary cookies are automatically approved.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Ah yes, the good ol Internet ~~Exploder~~ Explorer tactic

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

This is what the regulation was all about. The law did not said anything about cookies, they are the core web technology, just that you must be asked for personal data processing.