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Re:German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding by speedgoose on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @08:41AM (#38083886)
I find it a bit hypocritical to associate the unauthorised tracking of visitors, usually for advertising purposes, with the themes of the Fahrenheit 451 book, which are are censorship, conformity vs individualism, the destructive role of technology, and the loss of critical thinking.
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Re:German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding by plagiarist on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @09:23AM (#38084433)
On the contrary, I think it's very true to the spirit of lost critical thinking.

Every single consumer protection has people show up on the side of the giant corporations. Usually a libertarian type with no clue how furious they would be if they got what they were asking for.

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Re:German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding by shadowgovt on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @02:31PM (#38089300)
Most of us were getting what we asked for before the EU dropped the GDPR on us to claim ownership of the sandbox they didn't build. ;)
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Re:German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding by jampekka on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @11:35AM (#38086463)
Isn't that just what advertising does?
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