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332 points vegasbrianc | 1 comments | 14 Nov 24 22:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.221s | source

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guywithahat ◴[14 Nov 24 22:51 UTC] No.42142070[source]▶

The whole thing is a colossal waste too, it was a law written by people who don't understand tech for special interest groups who don't want to actually make things better.

If you don't want a website doing something on your computer, you start with the browser, not the website.

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1. throwaway346434 ◴[14 Nov 24 23:05 UTC] No.42142206[source]▶

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Enforced by companies who are doing shady things with data in the most inconvenient way, rather than listening to DoNotTrack or https://globalprivacycontrol.org/

Because if they can say "hey look over there, regulation bad"; they can escape regulation if it is repealed

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