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We outsmarted CSGO cheaters with IdentityLogger

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379 points mobeigi | 2 comments | 16 Oct 24 18:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.666s | source
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beeboobaa3 ◴[16 Oct 24 19:13 UTC] No.41862701[source]▶
I hope they asked permissions for storing those cookies. Otherwise they're violating various EU laws.
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latexr ◴[16 Oct 24 19:20 UTC] No.41862795[source]▶
Not every cookie requires consent.

https://commission.europa.eu/resources-partners/europa-web-g...

In this case, this one might fit:

> User centric security cookies, used to detect authentication abuses and linked to the functionality explicitly requested by the user, for a limited persistent duration

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beeboobaa3 ◴[16 Oct 24 21:38 UTC] No.41864097[source]▶
It's clearly a tracking cookie.

> for a limited persistent duration

FTA:

> However, the VGUI browser had no issues saving cookies with expiry dates exceeding 10+ years!

So no, it doesn't even qualify.

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1. blahyawnblah ◴[17 Oct 24 04:00 UTC] No.41866293[source]▶
10 years is a limited duration
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2. beeboobaa3 ◴[17 Oct 24 13:19 UTC] No.41869414[source]▶
So is a million years. Not how it works.