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    The committee of morons who decided that all euro sites need to have a "this site use cookies" button. I know this is old news, but what is the fucking point? Every site uses them, and informing people of it accomplishes exactly nothing.

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    • Legislation should be updated to inform users WHICH and HOW MANY cookies are being used. That might educate/scare the populace a little.detritus
    • We're all being data mined and fed shit through a DSL pipe. But a vain attempt at letting the ignorant know the score.monoboy
    • ^^^ except they don't know. Average person isn't opening the browser dev console to look at them. Plus, they can be encrypted, so you won't know shit anyways.section_014
    • I've started using Firefox Focus on my mobile and even I, a fairly seasoned internet abuser, am shocked at how many trackers it stops per page.detritus
    • I use Brave. 41,044
      Trackers Blocked so far.      monoboy
    • Brands I've purchased in stores have posted promoted ads in my social feeds minutes later, far too often to be a coincidence. Wife too.monoboy
    • So bank transactions and/or loyalty card data is being sent to ad bot systems real-time. It'll be in T&Cs but rarely seen.monoboy
    • There was even a story about a talking Barbie Doll toy that eve drops conversations and sends data to HQ. Without consent.monoboy
    • If you have an android phone. Try saying a brand name (you don't buy) every few hours so see if it pops up in social feeds.monoboy
    • "Alexa, order a tin foil hat from amazon."monoboy
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