So, this cookie alert on theverge.com is both refreshingly honest and depressingly disturbing
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So, this cookie alert on theverge.com is both refreshingly honest and depressingly disturbing

A cookie notice that seeks permission to share your details with “848 of our partners” and “actively scan device details for identification”.

Not helpful when something like Consent-o-matic needs to operate on every possible website with a cookie banner.

I have had the same concerns, since watching it click through things faster than I can see is scary. Maybe some day someone sneaks in a cookie banner detector that activates on banking pages to steal your money? uBlock Origin has similar risks, but at least it’s not actively controlling browser inputs.

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