Ask HN: How do we stop the cookie dialogs?

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by todd3834 • 8 years ago

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I can’t be the only one who finds the cookie consent dialogs rediculous. Has anything good come from them? I find them as annoying as pop up ads were back in the day. So my question is, how can we stop this? I’m not talking about browser plugins, I want to get rid of these things for everyone.

porbelm• 8 years ago

Petition your EU lawmakers.

tsukikage• 8 years ago

...but what if I don't want the popups or the ubiquitous surveillance?

wartijn_• 8 years ago

Petition your EU lawmakers and make your browser reject cookies from all sites that are not on your whitelist.

I used to do that and it worked pretty well, but now it's impossible thanks to those dialogs. Blocking third party cookies still works, since it only breaks a small portion of the websites I visit.

Blocking cookies won't really stop the surveillance by the way. It stops only one way of tracking you.

potta_coffee• 8 years ago

I use an a blocker and create rules for them. I know it's futile but I get some pleasure by blocking the dialog rather than responding to it in the manner they're demanding. I only really visit a few sites very often so it's not a problem for me to do this.

hopesthoughts• 8 years ago

There's an extension that will do it. Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/i-dont-care-about-... Firefox, (I use this in Waterfox as well,) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/i-dont-care-a...

cimmanom• 8 years ago

They’re not going anywhere unless and until case law or changes in law make it clear that they’re not necessary for GDPR (and similar statute) compliance.

thedevindevops• 8 years ago

Turn off javascript

Rjevski• 8 years ago

We stop them when we no longer needs cookies and the market demands privacy-respecting services.

I personally stopped visiting a lot of sites that have them. For example, I no longer even consider clicking on Tumblr links or anything by the cancer company called "Oath" (ex Yahoo).

When enough people do this there will be a business incentive for less cookies & tracking.

Ask HN: How do we stop the cookie dialogs?

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