Terence Eden
What's the largest number of "trusted partners" you've seen in a cookie consent pop-up?
Mar 5 at 7:45pmTusky
Show threadbenMar 5
@Edent Over 1000 — maybe 1300 or so?
Show threado ifrit caduco 🦔🫚🪾⛈️🐌🌰🍛Mar 5
@benjamineskola
yep
@Edent
Show threadGilesMar 5
@Edent pretty certain I saw one the other day which was high 900s.
Show threadTom HughesMar 5
@Edent I can do 966 from outlook.com...
Show threadsigi714Mar 6
@tomh @Edent wait, is was 6xx two years ago, if I remember correct.
Show threadFerDeMar 5
@Edent Grupo Prisa, owner of El País, the biggest newspaper in Spain: 980
Show threadEarlMar 5
@Edent
And by 711, they are not referring to the chain of stores? 😮
Show threadi. celeste aurora    [witchzard]Mar 5
@Edent @nrmacdonald I think I had 1800+ but I can't find my post anymore
Show threadTerence EdenMar 5
@ics @nrmacdonald 🙀
Show threadDusty AtticMar 5

@Edent Just today got 1455 in total from rmf.fm (a Polish radio station)

@ics @nrmacdonald

Show threadi. celeste aurora    [witchzard]Mar 5
@dustyattic @Edent @nrmacdonald 😖
Show threadTomasz NurkiewiczMar 5

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@nurkiewicz/114822212404911438

@Edent 1637. 1637 trusted partners

Show threadCMDR Yojimbosan 🅅⁂Mar 5
@Edent I found one the other day claiming only 6 ... Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Meta, IBM, Cloudflare. Then I tried to register an account, and they requested KYC via Persona. I had to email their support team to get them to delete the account in the end, because I couldn't do it myself ... So does that count as "over 1000"? :-)
Show threadAlex HudsonMar 5
@Edent a lowly 931 here, but then this is my TV where I typically wouldn’t expect an awful lot of tracking…
Show threadLeon BrocardMar 5
@Edent We need a leaderboard of trust
Show threadSteve Hill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺Mar 5
@Edent is there a law that says you have to give a number? If so, it seems like a bizarre requirement (I might want to know specifically who my data is being shared with, but I care not how many). If not, why do they do it?
Show threadMar 5
@steve @Edent it's part of the https://iabeurope.eu/transparency-consent-framework/ so everyone who implements that flow ends up doing it
TCF – Transparency & Consent Framework - IAB Europe

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into force on 25 May 2018, changed the data privacy landscape in Europe. GDPR was designed to harmonise data privacy laws across Europe, giving individuals greater control and transparency over their personal data while raising the bar for businesses to achieve lawful…

IAB Europe
Show threadgroxxMar 5
@Edent got a 1,875 once, though i didn't screenshot it
Show threadgroxxMar 9
@Edent blind (yes, it's horrible, I know) just showed me 1,578 
Show threadPaulMar 5
@Edent 1467 from the Manchester Evening News
Show threadConfused Middle Aged DadMar 5
@Edent horrifying. But what is "legitimate interest" as distinct from other interest. I decline 'normal' cookies and then have to decline legitimate interest separately. The only legitimate interest I can ever think of might be the original website, and even then ...
Show threadTerence EdenMar 5
@confusedMiddleAgedDad there's a good guide at
https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/lawful-basis/legitimate-interests/what-is-the-legitimate-interests-basis/
What is the ‘legitimate interests’ basis?

Show threadConfused Middle Aged DadMar 5
@Edent looking at that I see many of these partners might claim legitimacy but I think many claims would clearly be very weak
Show threadJesseMar 6
@confusedMiddleAgedDad They are legitimately interested in selling your data
Show threadConfused Middle Aged DadMar 5
@Edent thanks
Show threadQuixoticgeekMar 5

@Edent 1637 is the highest I've had:

https://social.v.st/@quixoticgeek/114581764507595772

Quixoticgeek (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Have been noticing cookie pop ups with increasing and increasing numbers of "partners". This one is the new record I came across today. Beating the previous by 12. How the fuck does an organisation even properly vet 1637 partners to make sure they aren't evil? At least there's a reject all option. Anyone found a higher number of partners on a cookie pop up?

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Show threadMartin HamiltonMar 5
@quixoticgeek @Edent Also something something legitimate interest
Show threadyour auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦Mar 6
@Edent uBlock stopped counting after it reached 1,000. can't remember which site exactly, i was in such shock, but i think it was for the Vogue Mag website.
Show threadTravis Mooney-EvansMar 6

@Edent more importantly, WTF is ‘legitimate interest’?

Like, at the most basic level, shouldn’t all requests for data be based ok a ‘legitimate interest’?

Show threadMJ RayMar 6
@ttmevans @Edent https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/lawful-basis/legitimate-interests/what-is-the-legitimate-interests-basis/
And maybe they should, but 'consent' is another legal basis for data collection, which is why bad sites make consent easy and refusal clunky.
What is the ‘legitimate interests’ basis?

Show threadTravis Mooney-EvansMar 6

@mjr @Edent I know there’s a technical definition. But Jesus, just stop it already. No one wants that shit.

When a lawyer asked why one of my sites had no cookie notice, and I simply told her there were no cookies, she actively disbelieved me.

Show threadMJ RayMar 6

@ttmevans @Edent legal definition. Don't blame the technicians for this one !

And that lawyer's comment is a sad indictment of how bad things are now.

Show threadTravis Mooney-EvansMar 6

@mjr @Edent TBF, I don’t see what most people actually get from the cookie world. Ad revenues are near nothing unless you’re very popular. We used a bit of Plausible code to measure basic stuff, and frankly it was more than enough analytics.

And the kicker? Our (modest) social media spend had zero impact. But our (again, modest) traditional marketing, including print, was very effective.

Maybe it was different before, but it’s all enshittified to the extreme now.

Show threadKarsten EgerMar 6

@ttmevans @mjr @Edent

In what area is the business/shop? Interesting!

Show threadTravis Mooney-EvansMar 6
@C3nC3 @mjr @Edent that was a rural Internet business. Unfortunately Elon came for it and deployed his VC hammer. It’s hard to make money when your competition doesn’t need to think about profitability.
Show threadWolfgang Müller (DE:er/EN:he)Mar 6
@Edent 1400?
Show threadFridorrMar 6
@Edent edge Browser: 941
Show threadAndrea Grandi 🦕Mar 6
@Edent 1111 in Corriere della Sera (which I regularly open in an incognito window 🤷🏻‍♂️)
Show threadmit_scharfMar 6
@Edent 977 just yesterday. I’m in. Sounds lots more fun than collecting postal stamps.
Show threadAdam Trickett  Mar 6

@Edent more than that, but I've lost count. I always decline anyway...

They need to change the law so that by law, the default is all non essential are off and you have to turn them on one at a time by hand if you want them on...

Show threadTerence EdenMar 6
@drajt you should write to your MP and suggest that.
Show threadAdam Trickett  Mar 6

@Edent that sadly won't work for two reasons:

1. He's a useless tub of lard.

2. While he is my "MP", I no longer live in the country in which he sits in the legislature, and my local-to-me MP will ignore me as a foreigner even though I pay plenty of tax for him to play with.

Show threadTerence EdenMar 6
@drajt well then, I guess you need to either stand as an MP or accept that nothing will ever change.
Show threadAdam Trickett  Mar 6

@Edent I can't stand as an MP, see point 2.

I don't live in a country where I'm allowed a vote, and in the country where I live I'm denied the vote.

Show threadTerence EdenMar 6
@drajt
Show threadWooShellMar 6
@Edent The highest I remember was 1174 on I think Oracle's support website.. haven't found a greater slut so far.
Show threadLasse BeyerMar 6
@Edent dict.cc is currently at 1578
Show threadAdam BeerMar 7
@Edent Trick question. Thanks to uBlock Origin, I don't see cookie consent popups.
Show threadDavid O'CallaghanMar 14
@Edent I caught a big one: 1708!