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Malicious GPC messages (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by artyom@piefed.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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So browsers have started to roll out GPC, or basically browser-based consent. This was explicitly designed to deal with intrusive cookie banners. I've now noticed several websites with the same intrusive banners recognizing that you opted out but begging you to opt back in anyway. These banners are so big as to obscure the majority of the content on the site.

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[–] North@lemmy.org 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

These banners are so big as to obscure the majority of the content on the site.

They're designed that way intentionally so that it becomes too annoying and it forces us to opt back in for the sake of convenience for using the service.

If that shit ever pops up in any of my devices, I'm not gonna use that website ever. These corporate tricks are just disgusting.

[–] beyond@linkage.ds8.zone 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think it's even worse than that. I imagine the point is to mislead people into believing that privacy laws mandate obnoxious banners in order to get them to oppose said laws.

[–] North@lemmy.org 4 points 2 days ago

Exactly. People who aren't as tech savvy would think something's wrong because they think companies won't lie to them/they'd think they have no other way and they would have to opt back in.

There isn't any explanation about what the user can do on that banner. It's just "accept it or we'll annoy you and make it very inconvenient to use the service." And most people would hit 'accept'.

Privacy keeps worsening day by day now. 2026 feels just as privacy-centered as 1984 nowadays.