[kortilla]

The lie doesn’t have to be intentional. All it takes is a really simple accidental debug logging flag to collect what amounts to a GDPR violation.

The point is that no effort was made to implement a technical solution to protect privacy. So it’s upsettingly trivial to violate the GDPR unknowingly and any company that is even a little unscrupulous (of which there are hundreds) can easily ignore the law.

[troupo]

> The point is that no effort was made to implement a technical solution to protect privacy.

And you want the government to do that?

Why haven't the companies who at every turn shout how privacy conscious they are haven't done that?

It's now been 8 years of GDPR. Why hasn't the world's largest advertising company incidentally owning the world's most popular browser implemented a technical solution for tracking and cookie banners in the browser? Oh wait...

[kortilla]

> And you want the government to do that?

Yes, it’s their job. Building codes have technical specifications and don’t allow people to opt out. Airspace is very tightly regulated with technical specifications.

> Why hasn't the world's largest advertising company incidentally owning the world's most popular browser implemented a technical solution for tracking and cookie banners in the browser? Oh wait...

Because the government is the thing that is supposed to produce useful regulations, not an advertising company.

GDPR is like trying to solve smog by passing a law that says people can opt out of smog by staying out of the city. No regulations to actually reduce smog.