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Re:84% want stronger online privacy laws, but Congress's cor... by linotype on Thursday August 22, 2024 @09:38AM (#41320156)
> Are you ok being more annoyed with popups asking your permissions every time?

No, I’m really not. The EU regulation that caused every site to have a stupid cookie pop-up/banner has made the Web a significantly poorer experience.

Re:84% want stronger online privacy laws, but Congress's cor... by shagie on Thursday August 22, 2024 @09:45AM (#41320202)
I would like to remind people that the main European Union site ( https://european-union.europa.eu/index_en ) has a cookie popup as well as the site for European Commission for Data Protection https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection_e...

If this is the way that the flagship sites for the EU are going to do it and show how to be in compliance with the law, any other approach is too risky to implement.

Re:84% want stronger online privacy laws, but Congress's cor... by codedokode on Thursday August 22, 2024 @10:07AM (#41320436)
Disagree, every time I use a EU proxy, I feel like a first-class citizen who has a privilege to opt-out. For comparison, other citizens only have the "agree" button.
Re:84% want stronger online privacy laws, but Congress's cor... by linotype on Friday August 23, 2024 @02:36AM (#41326605)
I don’t like pop-ups, regardless of the sort. There should be browser support for global opt-out or opt-in.
Re:84% want stronger online privacy laws, but Congress's cor... by jfernandezr on Thursday August 22, 2024 @10:08AM (#41320451)
The cookies popup at least made aware to a lot of people that over 800 companies want to access your data if you visit a site.