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by michaelmrose 2700 days ago
Why can't we just set a single setting and have every website obey it?
4 comments
amaccuish 2700 days ago
It's called Do-Not-Track and was ignored...
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dataflow 2700 days ago
If GDPR required websites to obey DNT would it still be ignored?
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jgtrosh 2700 days ago
GDPR requires active consent (or so I have repeatedly seen on HN), and that was clearly ignored
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mehrdadn 2700 days ago
Yeah, very true. :\
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ATsch 2700 days ago
From what I understand, DNT is in fact shrined into law in the upcoming ePrivacy law though.
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lozenge 2700 days ago
We had that in 2002, it was called P3P. Maybe it's time we came full circle...
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fgandiya 2700 days ago
We can set the single setting (Do not track), but websites can ignore it.
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beaconstudios 2700 days ago
Why are third party cookies allowed at all?
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Animats 2700 days ago
I've had them disabled for years, and everything works fine.
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ddebernardy 2700 days ago
So have I, but for some reason my browser cache is cluttered with 3rd party content I never asked for. The feature is evidently broken.
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tatersolid 2699 days ago
Turning-off third party cookies doesn’t prevent third-party images, CSS, JS, or fonts from being loaded. Your browser just doesn’t save or send cookies while doing so.

These third-party things should be in your cache.

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