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FTC nominees urge Congress to pass federal data #privacy law

(US based)

Not at all holding my breath... We needed federal privacy legislation yesterday. We don't need attempts to undermine encryption or further enabling mass surveillance by private and public organizations alike.

#privacymatters

https://cyberscoop.com/ftc-nominees-federal-data-privacy-law/

FTC nominees urge Congress to pass federal data privacy law

Members of Congress also asked nominees for their thoughts on how the FTC should tackle AI.

CyberScoop
Sep 25, 2023 at 10:00pmWeb
Show threadMastodon MigrationSep 25, 2023

@avoidthehack

We need the right to refuse.

Was recently looking at hotels in Europe. Every site had a REFUSE ALL button right below the accept button.

In the US refusing is a maze of incomprehensible screens and choices.

#RightToRefuse

Show threadYaoi Box BalloonSep 25, 2023

@mastodonmigration @avoidthehack Oh wow yeah.

I can usually tell if it's a US site because of the consent maze 🤣

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Show threadChris ♾️Sep 26, 2023
@mastodonmigration @avoidthehack I notice that I am shown very different consent UI when my VPN is coming in from Europe
Show threadlevampyreSep 26, 2023
@mastodonmigration @avoidthehack There are no necessary cookies and no legitimate interests. You can build a webpage without all of these. Maybe we should build a compendium of all webpages that can be used without any cookies. New indicator of quality content on the web.