Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies

Re:Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies by sjwright on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @03:13AM (#25925580)

"Regulation" mandated stupid cookie consent overlays on every damn European website. Thanks, regulation.

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Re:Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies by account42 on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @05:07AM (#25926318)

There is no regulation mandating cookie consent overlays - websites are free to not abuse cookies to track their users.

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Re:Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies by alentist on Thursday January 28, 2021 @10:25PM (#25953433)

> There is no regulation mandating cookie consent overlays

Yes there is. A mugging is still a mugging even if the victim is "free" to give their wallet.

> websites are free to not abuse cookies to track their users.

You're free to not use such websites.

I dislike tracking and avoid being tracked myself. But this absolutely is a regulation and it's immensely disingenuous to pretend otherwise.

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Re:Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies by tremon on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @06:59AM (#25927151)

Nope, only on those that intend to abuse your personal information.

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Re:Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies by sjwright on Friday January 29, 2021 @05:28PM (#25963583)

This is false, albeit depending on how broadly you define “personal information”. Regardless, the effect of the law has been clear.

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Re:Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies by alentist on Thursday January 28, 2021 @10:28PM (#25953461)

Yep, the regulation applies to all websites that use cookies.

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Re:Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies by CogitoCogito on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @03:42AM (#25925733)

Does the fact that some regulations are ineffective imply that all are?

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