You know what would be good? If the browser asked you what you wanted to share, and then that was it. You didnt get asked by every single fucking website to accept fucking cookies. The website asks the browser, the browser tells them, and its all done. If youre gonna make changes, make that change.
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This is what 'do not track' was for.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track
It didn't work because it was up to the sites to read and respect the flag, which they did not.
do not track was a "pweeease mister serwer uwu"-sorta move. there was no legal basis for it, and there was no technical backing. it would have been simple easy for browsers to just not send stuff that can be tracked (just check the eff panopticon site for how much superfluous stuff is just sent by the browser with every request), but instead the industry opted for the easier "here's all my stuff just as it was, and a little note that says 'don't look'". do not track was always a joke.
Well we had the "do not track" header but almost everyone ignored it, and in the end it was removed from most browsers because ironically it just made tracking people easier.
Not to kiss the boot of the Tim Cook led, fascist supporting corporation that is Apple. However, the IOS ecosystem does this. That “Ask App Not To Track” is deceptive in that it actually prevents a lot of data collection, though the “Ask” portion is hinged on the fact that Apple can not control everything an app does on their server side. You can configure, via your device settings, to always and automatically respond with “Yes” to this regardless of which app is asking.
You can use the Consent-O-Matic extension for this. You set your preferences once and it auto fills the cookie pop up for you.
It's a constant fight to keep personal data private. This is so fucked up.
Privacy is eroding. For the sellout of citizen data. F**king great.
Paywalled, so thanks for the arch link!
I find the proposed amendments to Article 9 particularly problematic ... And perfectly in line with AI bros telling you to make AI chatbots your friends while seeing them harvesting suicidal thoughts, self-reported depression symptoms and body dysmorphia.
It seems as though the elite is very motivated to win this battle. We will have to ditch every public platform, start self hosting and encrypt sensitive documents locally with PGP.
I hate the future so far.
You describe a future with truer security guarantees, not a façade of trust and legal obscurities. A future where the consumer stands up to the bully by preventing their extortion, not by trusting the bully to fall in suit. That’s a future I can get behind, it sounds much less volatile. It sounds like consumers have some smidge of control for once.
Lest we forget, the platforms we build and use should prioritize security and transparency. It’s not like everyone will need to be an expert on protocols for secure peer to peer communication.
Sadly, you need to be very oblivious to what is going on for years to be surprised by this shit.