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by p_l 849 days ago
The point of the popups started out as smokescreen for continuing behaviours illegal under GDPR

The way most of them are designed is in fact illegal.

For reference, every time a popup claims consent for "legitimate purposes" for some 3rd party? That's flat out illegal - actual legitimate purposes need no consent... and also can't be shared with third parties like this.