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Then the second biggest lie is:

We use cookies to give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume you are happy with it. [Ok] [No] [Privacy Policy]

Actual text from the www.gdpr.eu cookie consent pop-up. =)

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I always thought "We value your privacy" was the biggest lie on the internet.

They value it. Here's how much:

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/11/reddit-users-are-the-least-v...

or the most cynical statement

The biggest confusion I have with the modern web is why these cookie agreements never remember that Ive agreed to them before.

I wouldn't mind being tracked so much if... they could identify that I've agreed to being tracked on the 7 websites I visit 1000 times before.

If this was being handled honestly and straight forwardly this would just be a preference set in the browser they complied with. Then someone who was never accept could just be that way, someone else could always accept and others could choose once for each site. But then we had that with headers and such and we all know they just ignored it, because the entire point is to steal the data as often as they can.

But a lot of people think that it’s supposed to be all or nothing with cookies (not: required (login cookies) and non required (ads)). So if you opt out, people think they’re not allowed to store a cookie saying you opted out.

No, no, no. They pretend to not know this, because they want to make it as inconvenient as possible for people who click “No”.

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