• ctry21@sh.itjust.works
    661·
    20 days ago

    “We and our 2,565 advertising partners respect your privacy” is always a good laugh before hitting decline on the ones uBlock doesn’t catch automatically

    • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
      25·
      20 days ago

      “My sibling in Christ, if you truly respected my privacy you wouldn’t need to ask for this.”

    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      19 days ago

      I also love seeing the “legitimate interest” ad/tracking cookies that don’t get disabled automatically. GDPR’s big mistake was allowing the trackers to decide whether or not they have a legitimate interest. Because of course a bunch of scummy ones just automatically list themselves as legitimate.

  • 200ok@lemmy.world
    29·
    19 days ago

    The consent tools that make you open up a second window to manually reject everything can fuck right off

    • anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz
      7·
      19 days ago

      That trouble exists because “Art. 7 GDPR only requires that withdrawing consent must be as easy as providing consent. It does not state that declining consent must be as easy as consenting.” and is being closed as more and more courts rule on it.
      I believe all of the default cookie banner plugins will update and add the Reject All button in the first layer soon.

      There are arguments against requiring a “Reject All” button in the first layer of a cookie consent management solution. This requirement is not explicitly included in the GDPR or the EU ePrivacy Directive. Art. 7 GDPR only requires that withdrawing consent must be as easy as providing consent. It does not state that declining consent must be as easy as consenting. However, the trend of the published views of the data protection authorities is towards including a “Reject All” button also in the first layer. Organizations should thus review compliance of their cookie consent solutions.

      The Hanover Administrative Court in Germany delivered a landmark ruling that strengthens digital privacy protections by targeting manipulative cookie banners as Germany continues to take a strong stance against manipulative cookie consent banners that engage in dark patterns. This decision, led by Lower Saxony Data Protection Officer Denis Lehmkemper, mandates that websites must provide users with a clear, easy, and genuine choice to reject cookies, specifically requiring a visible “reject all” button alongside any “accept all” option.

    • TheBenCommandments@infosec.pub
      2·
      19 days ago

      The EU has a globally available browser extension called Consent-O-Matic that rejects all cookies for you before you even see those popups. It’s available for every browser I’ve used so far. It’s also free.

  • Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
    9·
    19 days ago

    You can turn on a filter list in uBlock Origin, to have those Cookie notices automatically hidden.

    Combine with e.g. Cookie AutoDelete to automatically delete whatever cookies still get stored.

      • stinky@redlemmy.comEnglish
        2·
        19 days ago

        cool my heart’s broken now. this man will never love me. life has nothing of value. jumps

      • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world
        31·
        19 days ago

        I wonder what he’s up to now, 20 years later. Rumor has it he’s never been on any social media. He’s just out there living in the real world, living an authentic unpretentious life.

            • Alexander@sopuli.xyz
              21·
              18 days ago

              Read it on the news in Russian some years ago. He has some serious fanbase with traditionalist nazi homophobes, you know. I used to read bullshit written by my mortal opponents before I read Lyotard, thought it promotes critical thought and reflexy.

              Extremely untrustworthy source, sure, but I have no others and do not care enough. Cool dude but I’m not into dancing.

  • Alexander@sopuli.xyz
    104·
    19 days ago

    And there is 0 legitimate reasons to use cookies in 2025, there are technologies for everything that do not coincidentally do illegal tracking.

    • xthexder@l.sw0.com
      91·
      19 days ago

      Have fun building a login without cookies. I’m sure it’s possible, but session cookies are by far the most common and secure mechanism, used basically everywhere including Lemmy

    • primrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexusEnglish
      62·
      20 days ago

      That fixes local logs. Like for your partner seeing your porn in browser history on a shared computer, or ‘cis woman fucks trans woman with massive xenomorph forehead strap-on’ to not auto complete in front of your boss when typing in a search.

      • EtherWhack@lemmy.world
        16·
        20 days ago

        … And the cookies are also deleted when I close the window, where I can then re-open the browser for a different site if I like.

        • skisnow@lemmy.caEnglish
          9·
          19 days ago

          I think you’re probably going to be surprised when you discover how little that does to stop you getting tracked by the dozens of ad networks running their tracking pixels on that site.