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Re:Request for comments regarding topics to be discussed at ... by Stratoscope on Sunday May 02, 2021 @04:33PM (#27018747)
I get these all the time on mobile websites, and arrived at the same solution you did: tap Accept on the fake popup and then Block on the real consent box.

I suppose a site could trick me by making their fake popup look exactly like the real one. But in that case I would tap Block and be no worse off, other than seeing the same notification again the next time, at which point I would probably figure out their trick.

I thought of explaining this to some friends to help spare them some needless popups, but decided it was too complicated and would likely just confuse them. This is not an insult toward my friends, just a reminder that something that seems simple to you or me may be very puzzling for most people, no matter how intelligent they are.

Re:Request for comments regarding topics to be discussed at ... by enedil on Sunday May 02, 2021 @05:04PM (#27018996)
The real popup in Chrome and Firefox exceeds the website frame, so you can easily distinguish it.
Re:Request for comments regarding topics to be discussed at ... by la_fayette on Sunday May 02, 2021 @05:23PM (#27019167)
I am convinced, by many real world observations, that the average joe user cannot distinguish fake html/css/js popups from OS popups.
Re:Request for comments regarding topics to be discussed at ... by wazoox on Monday May 03, 2021 @09:57AM (#27025119)
Case in point, countless relatives calling "I have a virus on my computer!" because they have a Windows-XP popup on a website "you have a virus" (they are on Windows 10, or Mac OS).