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Consent-O-Matic is a nice extension to help with all the unwanted cookie popups and GDPR forms. It's run by privacy researchers on a University in Denmark that got tired by the confusing popups that tries to trick you into giving up your data. It's open source.
Comment by Expensive-Mention-90 at 01/10/2024 at 05:54 UTC
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Thanks!
Yep, I work in this world, too, which is why I went in depth on the notice/choice mechanism.
The problem is that The Verge is handling what they call “necessary cookies” illegally. There cookies are supposed to be only the ones necessary to make the site work - the absolute bare minimum. But Verge jammed 600 advertising vendors into that category. And using a service like consent-o-matic — which is fabulous — just gives auto-consent to the bare minimum, which would unfortunately grandfather those 600 vendors in. It’s very sketchy on Verge’s part.
It’s one of the reasons that content blockers are also important. If a company wants to play weird games with consent, the only self-protective option is to block trackers.
I hate it.