points by misiek08 3 days ago | 0 comments
People read privacy polices and believe them. It’s like EU cookies alerts that are automatically dismissed by 99.9% of people, accepting everything.
[–] TaLiTr 3 days ago
[–] giwook 3 days ago
And even when they say they don't they still do if I'm remembering the whole Chrome incognito window scandal correctly.
[–] latexr 2 days ago
> the whole Chrome incognito window scandal
Wasn’t that just people misunderstanding incognito as making you private to websites as opposed to private on your own computer (no data persisted locally)? Or are you thinking of something different?
[–] latexr 3 days ago
> It’s like EU cookies alerts that are automatically dismissed by 99.9% of people, accepting everything.
The numbers are meaningfully smaller than that, and decrease even more when the banners are compliant (i.e. as easy to reject all as it is to accept all).
https://justanalytics.app/blog/cookie-consent-statistics-202...
[–] Tarq0n 3 days ago
The abuse of "legitimate" interest needs to be cracked down on for them to become useful again sadly.
Literally the opposite. People don't read privacy policies, even ones designed to be readable.
The privacy policy says it grabs everything, and there's nothing that says they'll stop just because you pay them.