News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on When was the famous "sudo warning" introduced? Under what background? By whom?. Parent comment

Re:When was the famous "sudo warning" introduced? Under what... by bubblethink on Monday December 02, 2024 @10:47AM (#42297304)
Europe has its own version of this nonsense (GDPR cookie banners), but that stems from a different misguided belief. Europe believes that banners can affect markets. The US believes that banners can affect the law. Both are wrong.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:When was the famous "sudo warning" introduced? Under what... by Ylpertnodi on Monday December 02, 2024 @01:28PM (#42298868)
>Both are wrong.

What are 'GDPR cookie banners' [possessive, as in GDPR mandates them? And, what is the 'a different misguided belief...that can affect markets'?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:When was the famous "sudo warning" introduced? Under what... by thrw42A8N on Monday December 02, 2024 @02:38PM (#42299565)
GDPR demands consent, which naturally means a blocking modal that needs to be answered before any interaction is possible.

The misguided belief is that this is going to stop people from clicking on "accept".

[ Parent | on HN ]