[email protected] wrote: > One of the bigger hosting providers here in Germany, for its admin > interface, has one of those cookies thingy: either you say "accept all" > (that's the bright green button) or you say "edit preferences" (the light > grey button which nearly fades into the background). > > So far, so normal. Now, you choose "edit" and disable everything you can > disable (a hassle, because there are like 5 checkboxes, from targeted > ads to affiliate networks). > > There are then two buttons. Guess... The default one, again bright green > says "accept all cookies anyway", the grey one says "confirm settings". >
Oh, you noticed this too. It started may be 1-2 months ago. This is why I discussed this with my peers in the EU commission and she said they know of these developments and are monitoring them - whatever it means. > Yeah, GDPR is fun. But I'm glad we have (at least) that. > yes, true - I just wonder if it helps though, because it is only few crazy people like you and me that bother to look into this. >> > Interesting times, for sure. >> >> yes indeed - from some personal sources in the EU commission they are >> watching these developments, but you know "International corporate >> law ..." - seems like they do not have many options or capacity to deal >> with the big brothers. >> >> Interesting times indeed > > They'll put up a fight, for sure. And they have lots of money, too. But > their money is pretty volatile (watch twitter losing 20% of their market > value after they kicked Trump), and they are extremely dependent on > public perception (they are all ad companies, after all). > > Cheers > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_pattern Yup, fully agree - the problem is the people who "simply don't have to hide anything" regards
