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IP addresses are PII according to german law, that debate has been settled long ago by final court-rulings afaik. "Well if the cookie comes from a third party it implicitly allows …

That's the problem with the regulation: It defines how data can be legally transmitted instead of defining only how data can be legally used, resulting in nasty side-effects like m…

Advertising funds large parts of the open internet. Killing ad means killing independent content creators for example. Over-regulation and censorship like "chat-control", that only…

this is already illegal, which goes to show how useless even more legislation is

No, you need to always ask for consent for cookies if they come from a third party, regardless if they are only required to enable functionality. You also need to ask for consent e…

This initiative is ignorant and idiotic. The authors don't even understand the purpose of cookie banners. 1. Making tracking impossible/illegal would NOT kill cookie banners, since…

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I didn't know chemically deep-frying your brain could be a bad thing

Yes. Problem?

I made no claim that it is okay or not okay. Don't suggest otherwise. My argument is that it is either okay or not, regardless of the tools used.

Depends what an "image of you" is then. If I draw a stick figure and label it "tokai", is that an image of you?

I am not trying to pull a gotcha and I made no claim that it is okay or not okay. Don't suggest otherwise. I also wasn't talking about coworkers or any other particular group. My a…