• Ann Archy@lemmy.worldOP
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    9 months ago

    Thanks for caring about my privacy, CNN, sorry I couldn’t be more helpful in facilitating your solid privacy measures.

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    9 months ago

    Lmao, “required componentes to protect your privacy” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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      9 months ago

      You see what they’re actually doing there?

      “We are by law forced to give you the option to view our ads and accept our tracking, because of privacy legislation in your region. Since you are hindering us from doing so, you can’t come to the birthday party”.

      Ok, thank you EU, I suppose! :)

      • grue@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        Pretty sure CNN is (willfully) misinterpreting the law. The EU is definitely not prohibiting them from just turning off the tracking without providing a choice.

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    9 months ago

    Hahaha! “We need access to your private data to protect your privacy.” We’ve come full circle.

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    9 months ago

    I’m a noob… But hear me out. Does anyone make a browser extension that fools the site into thinking you’ve accepted the cookie(s) when you really haven’t?

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      well, if the website thinks that it is allowed to store cookies, it will. but cookies make you easy to track across sessions.

      generally i’ve found that changing the useragent and/or vpn location will work.

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    CNN Management: I’m worried that since our purchase by a right-wing nut job and our spectacular idiot explosion of the last CEO, that we’re still in danger of being considered a valid corporate news outlet. What can we do?

    CNN Schmuck: We could force mandatory tracking and ads on all website visitors.

    CNN Management: Brilliant!

    toilet flushing noises