Ask HN: Shouldn't Cookie tracking request popups be converted to HTTP Headers?

I mean, it's the same three or four possible fields over and over... can't we just set a default and pass it as a header on every request?

5 points | by bigattichouse 125 days ago

4 comments

  • kevinsimper 125 days ago
    My solution would be to simply ignore all cookies from any new website and only allow once a button has been pressed by the user in the address bar.

    There is no reason why a website should be able to track from the first second that easily

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    • solardev 124 days ago
      > There is no reason why a website should be able to track from the first second that easily

      There's one big reason for that: The world's most popular browser and search engine both make their money by tracking you from the first second to the last

  • pwg 125 days ago
    That was already tried: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track

    Most advertisers/tracking companies/websites using such products simply ignored it (due to their fears of revenue loss) and it withered on the vine.

  • greyface- 125 days ago
    This already exists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track

    Eliminating popups and observing DNT would defeat the primary purpose of cookie popups: to annoy the user and lead them to believe that GDPR et al. are not in their interest.

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    • wruza 123 days ago
      It’s the expected result cause GDPR creators are living under an effing rock. Working in peoples interest and being completely clueless are orthogonal things.
  • 1vuio0pswjnm7 124 days ago
    Would have been useful to include that reuirement in the statute, i.e., a non-interactive method for indicating denial of consent,