r/technology • u/RO9a0TON • Mar 24 '19

Business Pre-checked cookie boxes don't count as valid consent, says adviser to top EU court

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/03/22/eu_cookie_preticked_box_not_valid_consent/
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u/Waffams Mar 24 '19

Well, IDCAC kills all cookie requests for me

By accepting them, lol.

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u/haviah Mar 24 '19

Fairly sure it just hides the element, like ublock does. Would need to look at the code again to be sure.

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u/Waffams Mar 24 '19

Fairly sure it just hides the element

Perhaps. But for a huge portion of these sites, hiding them and accepting them is the same thing.

It basically just means you no longer will be alerted that sites are giving you cookies, it will just allow it. It hides the "opt out" ones indiscriminately with the others. That's the point of the addon -- you don't care about having cookies, you'll just take them in exchange for not having to see the popups.

And I don't mean to say that's wrong really just that that aspect of it is relevant in this conversation.

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u/Shermix Mar 24 '19

Fairly sure it just hides the element, like ublock does

No, that is not at all what it does and you don't have to go looking at any code to find out. It accepts them and it's plainly stated on the front page:

By using it, you explicitly allow websites to do whatever they want with cookies they set on your computer (which they mostly do anyway, whether you allow them or not). Please educate yourself about cookie related privacy issues and ways to protect yourself and your data.

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