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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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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

we already had a browser based consent system called "do not track"

its not about the tech to say no. its about getting tech companies to respect our consent or lack thereof.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This, also site permissions (at least in Vivaldi), extensions like I don't need Cookies or its filterlists in the adblocker. (eg. https://secure.fanboy.co.nz/fanboy-cookiemonster.txt), all other filtering with Portmaster, the middle finger for Big Brother corps.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

These aren't tech companies, they're just ad-driven publications

But yeah I remember the Do Not Track signal ironically being used to track you. And I remember Microsoft make it completely useless because they turned it on by default.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

tech companies are the ones pushing the ad based model. mainly google, whose main source of revenue at the time was selling ultra-targeted ads.