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Re:Google extends third party cookie deadline until late 2023 by iamben on Thursday June 24, 2021 @12:24PM (#27619852)
Not defending cookies - but I just don't think most of the rest of the world cares. Outside of the tech bubble that really cares, I'm not sure I know a single non-tech person that, other than 'the popup', even knows what a cookie is (let alone gives a damn). 99% of my non-tech friends/relatives are just bored of 'the box thing that comes up every time you visit a website'. No one it them and everyone just clicks the quickest button ('Accept All') to just get on with whatever they were trying to look at.
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Re:Google extends third party cookie deadline until late 2023 by PpEY4fu85hkQpn on Thursday June 24, 2021 @12:38PM (#27620085)
Just because people don't understand the technical details doesn't mean they don't want the outcome.

Like how 96% of iOS users asked apps not to track them.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/96-of-us-users-opt-o...

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Re:Google extends third party cookie deadline until late 2023 by thrashh on Thursday June 24, 2021 @10:46PM (#27626635)
When you get prompted with a mandatory dialog that you must answer where one of the two choices offers no clear benefits, of course no one is going to pick that one. This is a meaningless statistic.

That’s why phrasing questions and choices in any kind of poll or survey is a complex subject if the goal is to ensure minimal bias.

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Re:Google extends third party cookie deadline until late 2023 by karottenreibe on Friday June 25, 2021 @07:23AM (#27629353)
What would then be a way to phrase the question with minimal bias in your opinion? What are these benefits I'm missing out on when I deactivate tracking?

Also, judging by the screenshot in the article, Apps can show text to justify the tracking, so they have all chances to phrase that with bias in their favor! Still people don't want it.

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Re:Google extends third party cookie deadline until late 2023 by thrashh on Friday June 25, 2021 @11:57AM (#27632392)
I don’t know. I’m not saying it should be.

I’m just saying Apple clearly built this modal to encourage everyone to press no.

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Re:Google extends third party cookie deadline until late 2023 by toper-centage on Thursday June 24, 2021 @09:37PM (#27626211)
Turns out, when you follow the GDPR and make it as easy to give as it is to remove/reject consent, people will generally reject consent to be tracker and personally identified unnecessarily.
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Re:Google extends third party cookie deadline until late 2023 by ocdtrekkie on Thursday June 24, 2021 @01:33PM (#27621066)
This is true... but it's also why we, as the informed parties, must actively push change. The 99% of folks who don't understand are going to be taken advantage of, and actively harmed, by privacy issues they don't understand. It's why the default needs to be the right one for consumers.
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Re:Google extends third party cookie deadline until late 2023 by Ashanmaril on Thursday June 24, 2021 @01:33PM (#27621065)
Isn't it our jobs as the people who understand these things and are implementing the technologies to not take advantage of the fact that most people using them are ignorant to how this stuff works?

I wouldn't expect the people who built bridges to install technology that secretly tracked you every time you crossed over them.

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