I asked an online tracking company for all of my data (2018)

Re:I asked an online tracking company for all of my data (2018) by smhg on Monday September 21, 2020 @12:15PM (#24545117)

> it shows a "processing" screen which is stuck at 98% for about a minute

Proximus [0], the partially state-owned and largest telecom provider in Belgium, uses this pattern too.

Additionally, on mobile, scrolling through the cookie-usage options automatically selects the maximum invasive option. The 'scroll-touch' is registered as a regular touch selecting the option.

It's hard to believe this is by accident.

[0] https://www.proximus.be

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Re:I asked an online tracking company for all of my data (2018) by ratww on Monday September 21, 2020 @01:48PM (#24546309)

This is also Truste/TrustArc [1] that GP mentioned, and they do it on every website they're installed.

Looking at their Javascript code and Timeline in the inspector it is 100% fake. It is all implemented using setTimeout and there's no communication with the server in the meantime.

[1] https://trustarc.com/cookie-consent-manager/

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Re:I asked an online tracking company for all of my data (2018) by newswasboring on Monday September 21, 2020 @02:10PM (#24546560)

Thanks for this analysis. I knew something like that might be happening but didn't know enough about js to confirm.

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