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TeMPOraLyesterday at 9:21 AM3 repliesview on HN

20 years ago people would've called it a trojan horse.

But then, by standards of two decades ago, every website that cannot legally avoid showing a GDPR popup would be classified as malware. As it should be today. Alas, standards have changed.


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blagieyesterday at 7:34 PM

> But then, by standards of two decades ago, every website that cannot legally avoid showing a GDPR popup would be classified as malware. As it should be today. Alas, standards have changed.

I don't think you've read GDPR. In Europe (at least my part), *every* organization has a GDPR policy you need to agree to. Your child's school. Summer camps. Etc. Most are also conservative and reasonable.

What's broken is the GDPR popup with a dozen "legitimate interest" toggles for spying on you.

ge96yesterday at 7:38 PM

Funny some you can't say no, so I'm like alright guess I'm not going in

tostiyesterday at 9:47 AM

There were no cookie popups 20 years ago.

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