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Re:EU Copyright: Block Everything, Never Make Mistakes, but ... by ahje on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @03:45AM (#18653992)
> Or, simply don't use cookies for purposes other than providing the service

This, or as a minimum: Don't track people who has the DNT header set.

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Re:EU Copyright: Block Everything, Never Make Mistakes, but ... by dorgo on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @04:26AM (#18654115)
You mean the DNT header which is set by default in browsers? Then we can simplify your proposal to: "Don't track people"
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Re:EU Copyright: Block Everything, Never Make Mistakes, but ... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @12:04PM (#18656720)
You say this as if you're thinking that tracking is a normal thing to do to your users. I'm happy GDPR is fixing such misconceptions.
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Re:EU Copyright: Block Everything, Never Make Mistakes, but ... by icebraining on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @04:46AM (#18654192)
The only browser that set it by default was IE, and Microsoft ended that with Windows 10.
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Re:EU Copyright: Block Everything, Never Make Mistakes, but ... by ahje on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @08:19AM (#18655104)
I've seen different Linux distros have it as default both for Firefox and Chromium as well.

But yes, the userbase for those is so small that we can assume that people with the header on simply don't want to be tracked.

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