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Re:Papa John's sued for 'wiretap' spying on website mouse cl... by Alupis on Friday October 07, 2022 @07:11PM (#33128081)
The reality is you wouldn't be allowed to use the site at all then. As invisible as you might want to be, the system does need to track you and your actions to do anything useful at all. We're not talking about a blog or static site here...
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Re:Papa John's sued for 'wiretap' spying on website mouse cl... by P5fRxh5kUvp2th on Saturday October 08, 2022 @12:51AM (#33129859)
If someone asks to borrow my car to run to the grocery store and they drive 100 miles away to another state, it's theft.

If I consent to have someone use my compute for the operation of their website on my device and they decide to start recording tracking information, it's theft.

There is no dichotomy here, it's possible to consent to one use and not another.

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