09-01-2019, 08:15 PM
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Re: EU annoyed me again
Originally Posted by swimfeeders
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HiGet over it, it will not change even when we leave the EU.
It was pushed for by the UK, and with good reason.
I find it really annoying. Every site asks for your agreement to data mining and you have to go into preferences to untick and save in order to view the site. I hope someone comes up with a way to set this as a google preference so that you don't have to keep clicking the "off" buttons.
It's up to individual sites to decide how they comply with GDPR and if they are taking the lazy route then stuff em because life is too short to worry about it.
If as Judd says that there is a way to fool the system then that's the way people will go. There's always a way around things, but I reckon that if anyone will be stopping us from accessing internet content it will be our own lot.
There has been massive net content restriction in the last few years with security being the excuse. I am more annoyed that so many libraries have closed. It feels like access to knowledge is being deliberately stifled.
09-01-2019, 09:30 PM
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Re: EU annoyed me again
Originally Posted by AnnieS
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I find it really annoying. Every site asks for your agreement to data mining and you have to go into preferences to untick and save in order to view the site. I hope someone comes up with a way to set this as a google preference so that you don't have to keep clicking the "off" buttons.
The latter is the most useful.
In terms of GDPR stuff, web designers have predictably used JavaScript to code their pop up screens that ask you to provide permission for data mining etc.
Thus if you disable JavaScript in your browser, those popups will not appear and you will find that many (most) websites can be used without having to confirm anything.
09-01-2019, 10:00 PM
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Re: EU annoyed me again
Originally Posted by Realist
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Annie, as I have recommended many many times on this forum, the best way to surf the internet is with JAVASCRIPT DISABLED. It removes all the annoying Ads and flashing banners and all the pop up screens.The latter is the most useful.
In terms of GDPR stuff, web designers have predictably used JavaScript to code their pop up screens that ask you to provide permission for data mining etc.
Thus if you disable JavaScript in your browser, those popups will not appear and you will find that many (most) websites can be used without having to confirm anything.
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