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by viraptor 1553 days ago
Cookies as tech say nothing about privacy. If you want to store information that you refuse to share your private data - that almost certainly is getting stored in a cookie.

You can route connections on different layers than IP routing. We commonly talk about http request routing as in dispatch based on the domain/path. I'm happy with "routing" as in directing traffic via DNS resolution. I doubt anyone here is confusing that.
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skrause 1553 days ago
> Cookies as tech say nothing about privacy.

But cookie banners do. Essential cookies that are required e.g. to store login data no not require a cookie banner (https://github.blog/2020-12-17-no-cookie-for-you/). So if there is a cookie banner you can assume that the site wants to store analytics, tracking or advertising cookies.

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sleepyhead 1553 days ago
They store a FB cookie and they store it before user accepts the cookie banner.
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viraptor 1553 days ago
Sure, that's not very privacy-friendly, but that's a different claim than what OP wrote.
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teh_klev 1553 days ago
> I'm happy with "routing" as in directing traffic via DNS resolution. I doubt anyone here is confusing that.

I disagree. As a former network engineer the title "We're transforming internet routing" and subtitle "Rethinking Internet Routing" [my emphasis] makes me think of IP based routing first. I think they could have been clearer or picked a less grandiose title.

Don't get me wrong, on the surface this looks like a neat tool.

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