EDIT: I didn’t realize the anger this would bring out of people. It was supposed to be a funny meme based on recent real-life situations I’ve encountered, not an attack on the EU.

I appreciate the effort of the EU cookie laws. The practice of them just doesn’t live up to the theory of the law. Shady companies are always going to find a way to be shady.

  • towerful@programming.dev
    3·
    10 months ago

    Cookie consent is actually supposed to be about all data tracking.
    There are quite a few analytics that do fingerprinting “because it’s not a cookie, it’s not covered by Cookie Consent”. But it is still covered.
    Some of them respect the fact that declining cookies is about declining tracking.

    So, if you consent to all cookies, you are also consenting to any fingerprinting that doesn’t rely on cookies. So deleting cookies wouldn’t remove that fingerprinting data.

    • dan1101@lemm.ee
      2·
      10 months ago

      Gotcha, responsible site owners should not be tracking you if you decline cookies.