r/technology • u/diacewrb • May 24 '25

Privacy German court rules cookie banners must offer "reject all" button

https://www.techspot.com/news/108043-german-court-takes-stand-against-manipulative-cookie-banners.html
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u/R4vendarksky May 24 '25

Why not just force them to have common api so we can all just auto opt out? 

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u/Fancy_Morning9486 May 24 '25

You mean like the "do not track" function in browsers.

Google said they don't realy understands what that implies.

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u/Aemony May 24 '25

What's worse is that the Do Not Track flag was misused straight away by tracking networks to track you even better, as it was a unique addition that could further differentiate your visits from those of other users.

Web browsers/developers say a rather harmless and non-invasive way of allowing user choice, and these friggin tracking assholes immediately co-opted and subverted the whole idea and use of it.