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by mnw21cam 1546 days ago
> ...the difference between legal and illegal behavior is not obvious to a layperson.

GDPR and cookie law is not hard to understand, so that excuse is a little bit lame to be honest. Besides, if you really need to understand what you must do by law, you should hire a lawyer. That's the same as with any other law.

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Ok fair enough.

What I meant to say was that pressure to enforce laws only happen if there is public pressure to see the law implemented, and when the concepts are too abstract/intangible, the public disengages more easily from the issue.

Political will for improvements and funding is more likely to happen with more public support as counter to the influence of industry lobbists.

Public support is easier to rally when people can personally relate, or ideally share a pain point. A good candidate would be the annoying pop-up boxes. Frame them as dangerous because increasing the risk of online data and identity leaks. Solution to this threat to public security is to eliminate them by default answer. Simple law proposal.