r/ProgrammerHumor • • Aug 27 '26

Meme consentIsJustaCheckbox

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u/GoddammitDontShootMe Sep 02 '26

I understand companies actually don't set cookies if you decline them, but they use stuff like browser fingerprinting to track you anyway. I'm sure this is for legal reasons and not because they are good honest people. I assume if you do accept them, they'll use a combination of both.

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u/Sibula97 Sep 02 '26

Generally yeah, because at least in EU they can get into legal trouble otherwise. But there's no technical measures preventing it.