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sshine on March 18, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Dear Paul Graham, there is no cookie banner law

> It's more morally permissible for corporate decision makers to install a global surveillance complex

No, it's more transparent. Unlike cookie banners.

If only cookie banners protected the consumer, but shadow cookies work fine.

Tarq0n on March 20, 2024 [–]

That's a misuderstanding of the banners. The requirement is to get consent to track someone and/or process their personal information in a way that is not strictly necessary or covered by contract. The mechanism that does the tracking is irrelevant.

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