Post #1698224
2026-04-26 16:54 UTC
Replies (27)
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@avakining@hachyderm.io 2026-04-26 16:57
@jamesthomson My understanding of GDPR is that they’re legally required to have the reject all button be top level and the same size as the accept all button. Unfortunately that’s enforced approximately never :/
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@nosenkow@mastodon.social 2026-04-26 17:17
@jamesthomson unsure that “reject all” unchecks “«legitimate» use” crap and that it affects anything even when unchecked. :-(
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@A_Minion@mastodon.social 2026-04-26 17:34
@jamesthomson If there is no "reject all" button on the site I mark it and never go back. Simple, if enough of us do it I'll bet money that they start putting it in a more visible place.
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@ShadSterling@mastodon.social 2026-04-26 17:35
@jamesthomson if your site ever uses any cookies that require a cookie dialog, I consider you of highly dubious moral character
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@Arcticulate@toot.community 2026-04-26 17:49
@jamesthomson This is why I have used a lot of private browsing to read articles on completely legit sites. I simply click on Accept all, read what I need and close it, hoping the browser won’t leave any trail behind on my device. The only downside is that the tracking will be 100 % enabled on their side, in the logs and maybe some database or they will sell my data to third-parties. So … no, it’s not ideal. I just find it practical if I absolutely want to visit the website.
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@coldclimate@hachyderm.io 2026-04-26 17:56
@jamesthomson I will also just press back, aggressively, if I have the opinion
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@digitalstefan@fosstodon.org 2026-04-26 18:04
@jamesthomson I'm currently in a project where we will be changing the presentation of a cookie banner. It's currently a typical (but compliant) "Allow All" / "Essential Only". UK law changed and there is no longer a requirement for there to be a "reject all" because "we" are allowed to do some collectiong of data for analytics, A:B testing and some other things. I'm not sure if we're going to be one of the first, big sites that will be doing this
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@renardboy@mastodon.social 2026-04-26 18:14
@jamesthomson Man this is the first time I see anyone else post about this here.
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@grumpasaurus@infosec.exchange 2026-04-26 18:35
@jamesthomson man i legitimately though mastodon had some cookie discourse going on like yo ready made cookie dough is great.
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@bnlandor@mastodon.social 2026-04-26 18:52
@jamesthomson In Europe, AFAIK that's a violation of GDPR, yet no one seems to care.
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@TwoClownsEating@beige.party 2026-04-26 19:00
@jamesthomson I consider websites and organizations that do not respect or allow consent, the same as people who do the same.
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@isaaclyman@toot.cafe 2026-04-26 19:01
@jamesthomson I want to meet the person who sees a cookie dialog and thinks “hm, yes, 110 advertising partners deserve a little treat today”
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@woe2you@beige.party 2026-04-26 19:04
@jamesthomson You and your 943 partners.
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@Chancerubbage@mastodon.social 2026-04-26 19:26
@jamesthomson @joesteel Chances are good you will not need cookies to navigate the site anyway, as you will not be digging deeper into site content and web map, or changing s thing, only passively reading one article.
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@maxburn@podcastindex.social 2026-04-26 19:42
@jamesthomson close tab works for me.
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@kaito02@mastodon.social 2026-04-26 19:47
@jamesthomson doesn't seem like a website worth visiting
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@paulca@mastodon.social 2026-04-26 20:25
@jamesthomson Sometimes I wonder if it's actual humans implementing those things. Like, someone has looked at it and thought "this is fine”, and then shown it to their boss and their boss is like "this is fine" ... on every single one. I've never been able to bring myself to do it.
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@philleu@mastodon.social 2026-04-26 21:43
@jamesthomson And I WILL uncheck all of them.
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@beaiouns@is.nota.live 2026-04-26 21:49
@jamesthomson oh shit that reminds me, i need to add a "fuck cookies" to the footer on my website
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@x0x@mastodon.social 2026-04-26 22:55
@jamesthomson some of the largest sites think they can absolve themselves of responsibility by outsourcing their (in my opinion) deception to OneTrust - awaiting the litigation
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@twasink@aus.social 2026-04-26 23:11
@jamesthomson@mastodon.sociaEven more dubious- a lot of those sites require affirmative rejection. They just set the cookies and remove them if you reject. If you dismiss or block that dialog, the cookies don’t go away.
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@kevinbongart@mastodon.social 2026-04-26 23:18
@jamesthomson And technically illegal in the EU! It must be as easy to reject all as it is to accept all cookies.
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@solarkater@mastodon.social 2026-04-26 23:49
@jamesthomson ever heard of fingerprinting ? so, even when you prevent cookies ... Browser fingerprinting is a technique employed to surreptitiously collect data regarding a user’s web browser settings during their online activities. The collected data is then utilized to construct a unique digital identity, commonly referred to as a ‘fingerprint,’ for that specific user browser. https://arxiv.org/html/2409.15656v2
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@michael@westergaard.social 2026-04-27 07:49
It’s also illegal in the EU (and, I think, California)
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@leeloo@c.im 2026-04-27 09:19
@jamesthomson I call them "American cookie warnings". Because they aren't legal in the EU.
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@sylvainlafrance@mastodon.social 2026-04-27 20:36
@jamesthomson about the same feeling when I have to create an account to try an app 🤣
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@dheadshot@mastodon.social 2026-04-29 00:18
@jamesthomson Since the GDPR states that the buttons should be of "equal prominence", "dubious moral character" is the least of their worries from a legal standpoint!