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On a side note, this site has the best EU cookies popup I've seen:

> Annoying message about cookies:

> Like 90% of websites, we use cookies to help us improve the site, and to help you click around. These are small files that are stored on your computer. EU regulations mean we have to point this out, hence the annoying pop-up, which will only appear on this visit. Happy to continue? [More info]

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Would be better if they weren't straight-up lying. Without DNT and uBlock (i.e. the settings of an average user) that page results in more than a hundred cookies and hundreds of requests to more than a hundred third parties. A great deal of those are certainly not about improving the site or helping people click around.

Considering that they're making a specific claim about their usage and then using the access you provide to gain additional data in excess of what you approve, does this constitute hacking (and hence cybercrime)?

At first blush, this seems indistinguishable from social engineering installation of an application that steals data -- massively done against thousands to millions of victims. I suppose that would make this website one of the larger hacking groups in the world.

Well, that's one thing to put on the "positive" side of the UK leaving the EU.

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