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”.

Remember when they passed laws protecting our library and video store rental histories instead of letting data brokers hoover up every song you listen to and every news article you read?

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If you’re referring to the US’ Video Privacy Protection Act, it was passed only because it slightly embarrassed a Supreme Court nominee.

So for there to be half-decent online privacy laws in the US, first someone will have to leak Clarence Thomas’ Pornhub search history or something like that.

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