Same on youtube!
Only 'I agree' and 'See more' which leads to other dead-ends.
GDPR – No reject option – what to do?
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Re: GDPR – No reject option – what to do?
#72The best reject option is to disable cookies completely for casual browsing.
Or destroy the whole virtual machine used for casual browsing. Except tracking includes browser fingerprint, which will not be reset even in this way.
Fingerprinting is nearly impossible with JS and cookies disabled, which is how I casually browse. And yes i spoof my user agent. IP is their best signal, and admittedly they fall back to that. I often get ads intended for my housemates.
Re: GDPR – No reject option – what to do?
#73Most websites, made by low budget webdevs which are thriving thanks to companies asking for low budget websites[1], do not consider - even in the EU - the reject option. In the large majority of websites, Google Analytics fires even before the cookie banner, and the banner is only used to inform you that by continuing navigation you are accepting to be tracked. Yes, this is illegal. But not enforceable. [1]: there ar…
Just to hit on your [1] I've sold them for less.
Look I need money, you want me to track users at each step, record ip and browser information(and extra), and log that into a database even if you haven't hit submit? Okay.
I don't agree, but my son needs to eat. My day job sucks, I'm in a never ending spiral, I'll code anything you want. My passion is far gone.
If you disagree, I actually agree with you, it shouldn't be this way, but this isn't the net of the 90's, I need side cash and my son is hungry.
To summise, I'll break every rule, or find a work around necessary to keep my family up, and I hate it.
I love the internet, hell it made me who I am, but until browsers become serious about user security, it's not going to happen.
Re: GDPR – No reject option – what to do?
#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
I assume it would be a performance disaster, but transparently running the browsing process in identical VM's would probably make fingerprinting much harder. I like the idea!
Unfortunately this is not so simple. I am using Qubes OS with disposable virtual machines and my fingerprint is always unique. Have a look at the corresponding discussion if you are interested: https://qubes-os.discourse.group/t/is-your-browser-fingerpri... .
Thanks!