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by etripe 1603 days ago
I think they might be referring to the dark pattern where there are two sets of "Legitimate Purposes":

1. Actual legitimate purposes for core functionality

2. A toggleable "legitimate purposes" under the ads section

Presenting the second option could be construed as malicious compliance or just dishonesty.

On sites where I've seen this, there is no one-click option to disable those, which should make them non-compliant with GDPR.