Jorrit van der HeideDec 6
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The EU wants to kill cookie banners by moving consent to your browser

The EU wants to end cookie pop-ups by letting users set their consent once in their browser. If passed, websites will have to respect those choices.

https://www.simpleanalytics.com/blog/the-eu-wants-to-kill-cookie-banners-by-moving-consent-to-your-browser

The EU wants to kill cookie banners by moving consent to your browser

The EU wants to end annoying cookie pop-ups by letting users set their consent once in their browser. If passed, websites will have to respect those choices.

Nov 20 at 11:47amWeb
Show threadKevinOnEarthNov 20
@eunews
Good, I've been asking for this for yonks!
Show threadDeven PhillipsNov 20
@eunews
At best, this is a minor improvement. Internet advertisers and data brokers have more advanced ways to uniquely identify browsers and track users than cookies. Address the real problem and not just the symptoms.
Show threadChris. R. 🎧🎼☕🍍Nov 20
@eunews there already is/was the Do Not Track feature in various browsers which websites chose to ignore. Enforcing them to comply on that would already help a lot.
Show threadEmil Jacobs - CollectifissionDec 6
@eunews this should’ve been the implementation from the beginning.