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by pwdisswordfish 3473 days ago
The 'best' part is that the only way to remember the fact that the warning was shown (and not display it any more) is to use a cookie or something functionally equivalent to one.[0] So instead of empowering people who wish to protect their privacy, these warnings push people even further to keep cookies enabled.

[0] Storing it server-side, per IP address, is obviously impractical.