Post B8le3kyxSntMknVmSW by RogerBW@discordian.social
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 (DIR) Post #B8lOWpaboY7qArxqQi by eff@mastodon.social
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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. EFF joins a number of civil society organizations across Europe fighting to #KillTheCookieBanner https://killthecookiebanner.eu/
       
 (DIR) Post #B8lOXVZJjk32N1gPFQ by eff@mastodon.social
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       You can learn more about the campaign and how to contact your MEPs at https://killthecookiebanner.eu/ - please help us to #KillTheCookieBanner once and for all!
       
 (DIR) Post #B8lVHXCmaG2oUYTNRY by D_Reno@mastodon.social
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       @effGood idea. But those rat finks are going to find another way to gather data.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8lWbu0dblosxn4I2i by GarrickWinter@mastodon.social
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       @eff Yes please!
       
 (DIR) Post #B8le3kyxSntMknVmSW by RogerBW@discordian.social
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       @eff You could call it "do not track" maybe?
       
 (DIR) Post #B8leD9EgesHua7LYmG by mirabilos@toot.mirbsd.org
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       @eff … uhm, we have that, DNT is ignored by everyone… as is that, if you DTRT, do not need a cookie banner…
       
 (DIR) Post #B8lgBEpb5GBDGRpPeK by simon@procrastodon.net
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       @eff I like the way this is framed as "companies asking permission to violate your privacy". I never thought of it that way.Would a new law specifically prohibit the use of cookie banners? I think it would need to, otherwise people would just keep using them, regardless of the user's browser preference.They are also really annoying for accessibility. They're designed so that a user can easily accept or reject by visually scanning the screen, but screen readers and their users don't benefit from that intuitive design, so we have to spend extra time locating the buttons (which are occasionally links). On the computer that's easy; we just press b a couple of times. On the phone, that's a lot more steps. A good modal will go away when you press escape, but I think anyone in this space knows the likelihood of web designers using good web design practices.The good news is that the extra time allows me to think really hard about whether I want a website to track me or not, so I usually end up pressing the "reject all" button.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8ljrghAAzQzhwofxY by caneprints@mastodon.au
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       @eff I completely agree with this post, as the cookie banners are very annoying.