Those annoying “consent” cookie pop ups that Big Tech has been using as part of their malicious compliance efforts to convince you that data protection law in the EU is a nuisance?

Check out the Consent-o-matic plugin for Firefox. It will deal with the majority of those for you. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/consent-o-matic/

Ublock has an "annoyances" filter section that removes 95% of these

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It's great to see it being actively called out in a court of law. How will this be enforced? Companies will not comply unless compelled to do so.

It would be great if part of the requirements on these companies is that they're already collected databases (and any/all backups) had to be 100% wiped.

Along with that, a respected tech outlet should detail how the average person can install add-ons (Ghostery, uBlock Origin, etc) to their browser to help negate this sort of thing from happening again.

Then offer a more advanced method (ie. PiHole with suggested block lists) for those more savvy.

Now we just need someone to explain it to them in language they can understand. So don't charge them peanuts or “I'll pay out of my petty cash as a tip”, but in a way that has a real learning effect or, even better, a deterrent effect for these grifter actors.

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@aral@mastodon.ar.al I see those warnings as:

"Don't visit this site"

It often works since my mouse clicks on the little cross 😀

@aral@mastodon.ar.al keeping all weblings employed

@aral@mastodon.ar.al i'll confess to ignorance here. I see a lot of popups and I know the big lines of gdpr, but I don't know what TCF actually is. I couldn't understand from the link or a quick search. Is there a 5-year-old-with-IT-background explanation somewhere?

@aral@mastodon.ar.al "- What pop ups?"
...says the guy using consent-o-matic.

Seriously: i recomend it, it's a great tool directly addressing such malicious compliance and associated dark patterns.
https://consentomatic.au.dk/

(note: on mobile you have to use FireFox as other mobile browsers do not support extensions)

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So is a huge fine being sent to all of them or just a slap on the wrist?
#Google, #Meta, #Amazon, #Apple, etc don't care about #EU ruling. Until fines TRULY hurt their pockets, they prefer to continue with their profits and pay the price once in a while.
How many of these companies have been fined for similar behaviour in the past? Have they changed it? Yes, they are making their malpractices more hidden and sophisticated.
Bureaucrats don't understand tech well enough to punish them.

@aral@mastodon.ar.al that’s one way to fix the internet!

@aral@mastodon.ar.al 😈

@aral@mastodon.ar.al This is the first time I've encountered the phrase "malicious compliance", and it's so concise, descriptive and accurate. Thanks!