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Re:Verizon Wireless injecting tracking UIDs into HTTP requests by M2Ys4U on Thursday October 23, 2014 @10:24PM (#8501847)
>I'm not clear why you think it would be illegal.

Consent matters. In Europe it would most certainly be illegal.

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Re:Verizon Wireless injecting tracking UIDs into HTTP requests by dwightgunning on Friday October 24, 2014 @07:01AM (#8503045)
What's Europe got to do with this?
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Re:Verizon Wireless injecting tracking UIDs into HTTP requests by anon1385 on Friday October 24, 2014 @07:29AM (#8503125)
Because somebody seemed surprised that people expected this to be illegal. The fact that it is illegal in a large number of countries is a useful datapoint, and shows that the initial reaction of "shouldn't this be illegal" isn't completely off the wall.
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