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Internet's biggest annoyance: Cookie laws should target browsers, not websites

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583 points SweetSoftPillow | 1 comments | 22 Oct 25 12:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.211s | source
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mihaic ◴[22 Oct 25 12:39 UTC] No.45668163[source]▶
Policing the tools instead of policing what is being done with them is the problem for me. Third party cookies have a valid reason to be used in federated authentication for instance, or a bunch of other valid purposes. Just ban shitty data collection practices.

Knives can be used to chop vegetables or stab someone. Don't ban their sale, ban their usage.

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high_na_euv ◴[22 Oct 25 12:43 UTC] No.45668207[source]▶
Cookie consent is not required for technical cookies like auth.
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1. lucumo ◴[22 Oct 25 12:56 UTC] No.45668361[source]▶
Indeed. Nor is GDPR about cookies at all. GDPR is about identifiable user profiles and information. A piece of paper with someone's name falls under the GDPR; a cookie that hides a shown alert doesn't.