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Re:Cookie Warning Shenanigans Have Got to Stop by kmlx on Thursday March 14, 2019 @06:33AM (#19387971)
how does "TechCrunch" "~300 tracking, data collection and ad companies" impact you?

i'm asking because my government knows everything about me: my private and public IPs, what sites I visit, my comments on those sites, how old I am, how often I go downtown etc etc etc

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Re:Cookie Warning Shenanigans Have Got to Stop by dmitriid on Thursday March 14, 2019 @09:12AM (#19388871)
Simply put: when we learn that NSA secretly spies on everyone, it's a huge scandal that calls government practices into question. When it's ~300 tracking companies per website, it's "how does this impact you"? ;)
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Re:Cookie Warning Shenanigans Have Got to Stop by kmlx on Thursday March 14, 2019 @10:00AM (#19389249)
the US government can literally take your life, imprison you, etc.

techcrunch just wants to sell you stuff.

there’s really no comparison.

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Re:Cookie Warning Shenanigans Have Got to Stop by dmitriid on Thursday March 14, 2019 @12:32PM (#19390829)
So, the arbitrary line is drawn at “someone can imprison you”.

And no, it’s not TechCrunch who’s getting all that data.

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Re:Cookie Warning Shenanigans Have Got to Stop by kmlx on Saturday March 16, 2019 @03:49AM (#19406836)
the impact of 300 trackers is less than the impact of your government tracking you.
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