jebronie2

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by jebronie2 2mo ago
independent of established corporations and institutions
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by jebronie2 2mo ago
IP addresses are PII according to german law, that debate has been settled long ago by final court-rulings afaik. "Well if the cookie comes from a third party it implicitly allows tracking." Yes, because this makes tracking possib
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by jebronie2 2mo ago
That's the problem with the regulation: It defines how data can be legally transmitted instead of defining only how data can be legally used, resulting in nasty side-effects like making embedding third-party content illegal even if its
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by jebronie2 2mo ago
Advertising funds large parts of the open internet. Killing ad means killing independent content creators for example. Over-regulation and censorship like "chat-control", that only benefits big players like Amazon, Meta etc. is wh
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by jebronie2 2mo ago
this is already illegal, which goes to show how useless even more legislation is
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by jebronie2 2mo ago
No, you need to always ask for consent for cookies if they come from a third party, regardless if they are only required to enable functionality. You also need to ask for consent each time data leaves the website (for example when loading a
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by jebronie2 2mo ago
This initiative is ignorant and idiotic. The authors don't even understand the purpose of cookie banners. 1. Making tracking impossible/illegal would NOT kill cookie banners, since you need them to record consent for other purpose
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by jebronie2 2mo ago
I didn't know chemically deep-frying your brain could be a bad thing
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by jebronie2 5mo ago
Yes. Problem?
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by jebronie2 9mo ago
I made no claim that it is okay or not okay. Don't suggest otherwise. My argument is that it is either okay or not, regardless of the tools used.
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by jebronie2 9mo ago
Depends what an "image of you" is then. If I draw a stick figure and label it "tokai", is that an image of you?
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by jebronie2 9mo ago
I am not trying to pull a gotcha and I made no claim that it is okay or not okay. Don't suggest otherwise. I also wasn't talking about coworkers or any other particular group. My argument is that it is either okay or not, regardle