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The cookie dilemma (feddit.org)

submitted 6 days ago by NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[–] Imhotep@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Why oh why didn't the lawmakers add an obligation to use a standardized cookies selection popup.

I remember day one of it coming into effect and it was already obvious this was a necessity.

Lobbying. One of those laws pretending to do the right thing but sabotaged.

Or maybe its even worse than that. Before you could just have the cookies deleted. But if you do that now you get the awful popup every time, so you just accept them in the end.
I know I do.
This law has made me accept cookies spying.

[–] Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 5 points 5 days ago (5 children)

That's already part of the GDPR, companies just aren't complying with it.

From the official GDPR site:

To comply with the regulations governing cookies under the GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive you must:

Receive users’ consent before you use any cookies except strictly necessary cookies.

Provide accurate and specific information about the data each cookie tracks and its purpose in plain language before consent is received.

Document and store consent received from users.

Allow users to access your service even if they refuse to allow the use of certain cookies

Make it as easy for users to withdraw their consent as it was for them to give their consent in the first place.

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[–] Honytawk@feddit.nl 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Because those laws were made with good intentions in mind.

But businesses never have good intentions, especially if it eats into their revenue. So they use malicious compliance to make it seem like it is the law that is bad.

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[–] superfes@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Accept all with Cookie Auto delete, best of both annoying worlds

[–] gigachad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Also use I still don't care about cookies for auto do whatever you want in combination with cookie auto-delete

[–] superfes@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

I didn't know that was a thing, genius!

[–] ivn@jlai.lu 2 points 5 days ago

These forms are actually about consent of tracking and cookies are just one of the ways to do tracking. You're still consenting to tracking.

Also Firefox Total Cookie Protection is a better solution for cookies. You should enable strict mode and Cookie AutoDelete does not work with Firefox strict mode.

[–] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago

Just leave that website and find somewhere else to do business.

[–] axexrx@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

So, probably stupid question.

If a website pops up and asks for permission, and I bypass that pop-up in some way (like killing the pop up with an addon or some you can just ignore it and keep scrolling with it on the bottom of the screen)

Until ive clicked agree, do websites just not start tracking or creating or doing anything with cookies? After all, they've acknowledged they need, dont have permission.

Or is this by and large pointless, and unless ive jumped through their hoops, they've already started the page with cookies enabled?

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[–] vrek@programming.dev 4 points 6 days ago

The correct way to deal with cookies : eat them!

I may have diabetes...

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 4 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Reject all

~ tada! ~

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

YMMV. Some of the pop ups like to make the "Reject" button difficult to find.

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[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I generally just accept because its faster and i have additional filters in place, cookies will be deleted on browser close, and usually a vpn running so i really dont give a shit if the site wants to build a profile out of false data.

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

In the EU: bottom is same as the top one (but I still have ghostery etc).

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Besides opening up and viewing a lot of these sites on private tabs, I'm just getting used to cleaning all cookies after I finished checking up what I wanted.

[–] ivn@jlai.lu 1 points 5 days ago

Just use Firefox strict mode, no need to do the work when it can be automated.

[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Should have been handled on protocol level. Cookies get priority levels, set browser to only accept required cookies and done. Everyone just wanted to do it the easy way... add a banner and ask the user.. or dont even make the banner, call a third party library that does it for you.. and has its own tracking code.. yay!

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[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 3 points 5 days ago

Or just use PopUpOff.

I don't consent to jack shit that tries to hold my time hostage lol

[–] xantonin@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I don't understand why US sites display this when their audience is US only.

[–] uniquethrowagay@feddit.org 3 points 5 days ago

Which US sites have US visitors only? Apart from government.

[–] theolodis@feddit.org 3 points 5 days ago

California also requires this, as well as Canada

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Probably from a common template.

[–] Nanook@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago

Been using Hush, works pretty well

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 6 days ago

The easier way is to do it in your browser.

[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 days ago

Just use Ghostery, mate. Does it all for you.

[–] eclipse7@feddit.nu 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Just install Cookie Autodelete

[–] ivn@jlai.lu 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

These forms are actually about consent of tracking and cookies are just one of the ways to do tracking. You're still consenting to tracking.

Also Firefox Total Cookie Protection is a better solution for cookies. You should enable strict mode and Cookie AutoDelete does not work with Firefox strict mode.

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