Jeff AtwoodAug 30, 2025
Look, EU, it is difficult to take you seriously when you forced all this cookie notification bullshit on us. That feature a) should not exist and b) if it did, should be a BROWSER feature not "every website in the entire world now has to bother everyone forever about this stupid thing" https://blog.codinghorror.com/breaking-the-webs-cookie-jar/
Breaking the Web’s Cookie Jar

The Firefox add-in Firesheep caused quite an uproar a few weeks ago, and justifiably so. Here’s how it works: * Connect to a public, unencrypted WiFi network. In other words, a WiFi network that doesn’t require a password before you can connect to it. * Install Firefox and the Firesheep

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Show threadJeff AtwoodAug 30, 2025
I'm in this picture and I don't like it.
Show threadjavier Aug 30, 2025
@codinghorror how is stack exchange at all involved??
Show threadJeff AtwoodAug 30, 2025
@javier every website on the world is involved
Show threadscyAug 31, 2025

@codinghorror @javier Websites that don't use cookies are not involved. Neither are websites that only use cookies that are _required_ for the website to function, e.g. session tokens.

It's only when you'd like to use cookies to track users and deliver personalized ads that you have to deal with this stuff.

It's a choice.

Most websites simply don't choose the privacy-friendly option.

Show threadJdeBP

@scy @codinghorror @javier

And tell themselves the comforting lie that it is the E.U. forcing them to do this.

#EULaw

Aug 31, 2025 at 1:10amWeb
Show threadVeronica OlsenAug 31, 2025

@JdeBP They peddle this bullshit very deliberately. Far too many users believe it's the EU's fault, when it is the predatory tech industry.

@scy @codinghorror @javier

Show threadDec [{()}]Sep 1, 2025
@veronica @JdeBP @scy @javier
Most people would expect someone like @codinghorror to know better.
So why didn't you know better, @codinghorror ?