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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Stop the tracking circus. Kill the cookie banner! (killthecookiebanner.eu)

submitted 2 hours ago by taco_shale032@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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. Unfortunately, the tracking industry is pushing back – and so far, they’ve been successful. We need YOUR help to #KillTheCookieBanner!

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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 11 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I am in favour. Until then you can use consent-o-mattic to actively deny cookies instead of just hiding the element.

[–] 3scene@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 hours ago

Denying consent is just 1 part of the puzzle. You will still be accepting all "legitimate interests".