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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Stop the tracking circus. Kill the cookie banner! (killthecookiebanner.eu)

submitted 2 days ago by taco_shale032@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Tired of misleading cookie banners? The EU Commission has finally proposed a solution: set your privacy preferences in the browser once, and never see another banner. Unfortunately, the tracking industry is pushing back – and so far, they’ve been successful. We need YOUR help to #KillTheCookieBanner!

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[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 46 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The EU back when they were deciding GDPR decided not to use the browser's "do not track me". The W3C even tried to help them and during the making of GDPR a commission even recommended using DNT signals.

Capitalism and advertisers won of course and they decided not to follow DNT signals from the browser. Why will they change their mind this time?

[–] cheat700000007@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Because it actually impacts themselves in a visible way

[–] moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com 2 points 2 days ago

Maybe because before it was out of sight and out of mind. But now it's in all their constituents' faces, and we're annoyed