Cookie Warning Shenanigans Have Got to Stop

Re:Cookie Warning Shenanigans Have Got to Stop by Mirioron on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @09:49PM (#19385855)

>With data on web sites, it's the same. Almost every web site collects data. You don't realistically have the option of going to a different news site if you don't like that deal.

You have plenty of choice: make your own, feed them wrong information, feed them no information or find a site that doesn't. If enough people care about this niche then your website would succeed.

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Re:Cookie Warning Shenanigans Have Got to Stop by mafuy on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @11:22PM (#19386285)

I don't agree. None of these is a real option.

- I cannot just make a website or service. It is usually a huge project that only few people can solve.

- I have no way to feed wrong information without diving very deep into that website's code. We are not just talking about data I enter, also about things that are collected without conscious effort on my part. It is not practical at all to feed false or no information. If they sell my IP address, how can I feed wrong or no information?

- Finding a site that does not act like this is the only way left, and it is exactly what the parent explained does not exist, because realistically, there are many topics for which virtually every site does act like this.

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Re:Cookie Warning Shenanigans Have Got to Stop by icedchai on Saturday March 16, 2019 @06:03PM (#19410618)

Use a VPN, sign up with a fake name, always browse in private mode, or regularly delete cookies. This will minimize your foot print.

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