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Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU... by MiroF on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @11:33AM (#23092147)
Do Not Track was a failure because no state actor was forcing private companies to comply. Even if it had been an opt-in solution, no company would have respected it.
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Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU... by Avamander on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @01:42PM (#23093998)
Interestingly DNT was used by Medium to some extent.
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Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU... by saagarjha on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @05:59PM (#23096831)
It's sad that I need to ask what "used" means in this context, but did they respect Do Not Track or use it as a tracking point?
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Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU... by Avamander on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @06:25PM (#23097106)
They respected it in the sense that they didn't load external embedded content that didn't respect it.
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