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

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582 points SweetSoftPillow | 2 comments | 22 Oct 25 12:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.525s | source
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michaelmauderer ◴[22 Oct 25 12:36 UTC] No.45668112[source]▶
The problem here is not the law, but malicious compliance by websites that don't want to give up tracking.

"Spend Five Minutes in a Menu of Legalese" is not the intended alternative to "Accept All". "Decline All" is! And this is starting to be enforced through the courts, so you're increasingly seeing the "Decline All" option right away. As it should be. https://www.techspot.com/news/108043-german-court-takes-stan...

Of course, also respecting a Do-Not-Track header and avoiding the cookie banner entirely while not tracking the user, would be even better.

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1. bradleyy ◴[22 Oct 25 13:05 UTC] No.45668478[source]▶
The Global Privacy Control (GPC) is the header that actually has enforcement behind it in the US, and there are already companies getting fined. California has partnered with several other states to broaden enforcement.

Would love something better than GPC, but in the interim, the EU should start considering it as a proper signal of (lack of) consent, obviating the need for a banner altogether.

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2. Macha ◴[22 Oct 25 13:18 UTC] No.45668668[source]▶
Ah, I was wondering why I was seeing more dialogs default to opt out when I hadn’t heard of any notable EU slap downs when it started