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

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582 points SweetSoftPillow | 1 comments | 22 Oct 25 12:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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mystraline ◴[22 Oct 25 12:33 UTC] No.45668090[source]▶
The point of the 'annoy with consent banners' was to get people to 'allow (to be tracked) '.

Denying would, in many cases, go up to hundreds of yes/no options, with no 'deny all'. Makes getting coerced permission easy, and active denial almost impossible.

Of course, by not tracking, they dont need any of this crap. But surveillance capitalism must continue. Sigh.

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nemomarx ◴[22 Oct 25 12:44 UTC] No.45668211[source]▶
Isn't not having a deny all button against the gdpr already?
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1. jeroenhd ◴[22 Oct 25 13:27 UTC] No.45668824[source]▶
It depends. Denying consent should be as easy as giving consent, and consent needs to be informed. Without an "accept all" button/default, you don't need a "deny all" button.

The GDPR doesn't really care about implementations like that.