Paddy66@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 month agoSham consent popups finally deemed illegal! 🎉www.iccl.ieexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up134arrow-down1external-linkSham consent popups finally deemed illegal! 🎉www.iccl.iePaddy66@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 month agomessage-square14linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarePaddy66@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoTotally. And that “legitimate interest” nonsense takes ages to click through 🤦
minus-squarePlagiatus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoI’m using this extension on FF, it seems to be doing a decent job at unchecking all the boxes for me: https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/consent-o-matic/
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoif you’re trying to circumvent them the best method is to just disable javascript. the next best method is ublock filterlists. but i do use consentomatic as well because i’m lazy.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 month agoThis is illegal, they are required to be opt-in, default toggled off.
minus-squareMummifiedClient5000@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month ago“legitimate interest” is kind of a loophole, because there is some legal basis for it. This is why they think it is OK to leave it on by default. It’s obviously not OK and those data pigs should burn in hell.
Totally. And that “legitimate interest” nonsense takes ages to click through 🤦
I’m using this extension on FF, it seems to be doing a decent job at unchecking all the boxes for me: https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/consent-o-matic/
if you’re trying to circumvent them the best method is to just disable javascript. the next best method is ublock filterlists. but i do use consentomatic as well because i’m lazy.
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This is illegal, they are required to be opt-in, default toggled off.
“legitimate interest” is kind of a loophole, because there is some legal basis for it. This is why they think it is OK to leave it on by default.
It’s obviously not OK and those data pigs should burn in hell.