No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU data protection body

Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU... by TheSoftwareGuy on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @09:16AM (#23090559)

I've been saying this for years. Cookies are already a browser feature. Browsers just need to expose a little more control over it

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Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU... by koonsolo on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @10:40AM (#23091469)

Me too... nobody listens...

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Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU... by jchook on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @11:16AM (#23091883)

How is this not solved by Brave + uBlock Origin or Disconnect or Privacy Badger?

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Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU... by koonsolo on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @11:51AM (#23092414)

1. Because websites keep bugging me about consent

2. Because website builders need to write custom things for consent

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Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU... by Libeste on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @09:35AM (#23090751)

Firefox used to. But they ripped that out like every other useful feature over the years.

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Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU... by neltnerb on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @10:16AM (#23091173)

They did? I haven't noticed a change in many years or using it. If anything it's gotten better with the availability of extra functionality through cookie autodelete and built in container tabs.

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Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU... by mcv on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @10:01AM (#23091019)

I don't understand why. This is exactly something that browsers should do.

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