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Comment by dstanko | Hacker News Reader

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You're unhappy this site doesn't track you and needs not beg for permission to do so? I can't see anything being stored in cookies, localStorage, or sessionStorage. Let us know if you find that it tracks people in another way that requires consent up front

It only has to ask if the cookies are used for behaviour not relevant for the site (like specialized ads), so it probably doesn’t have to ask.

It doesn't set cookies so it doesn't have to ask.

It sets several cookies. Did you mean to say it doesn't set the kind of cookies for which permission is required?

I did not see any cookies on my machine. Maybe it sets cookies outside of the EU?

It uses a session cookie to remember that you are logged in. Commenting requires being logged in, so it definitely tried to set one on your machine.

Maybe you've got an extension or something that prevents the cookie from actually getting stored?

I think you and I interpreted "this site" differently. I interpreted it as the site being linked to, this referring to the subject of the comment. I think you're interpreting it as hacker news?

At this point I'm not sure what was actually meant. The website of the article doesn't set any cookies on my machine, and HN's session cookie likely doesn't need ePrivacy directive consent since it's actually functional.

Okay Karen.

Oh dear.

The site has .eu domain. Every freaking site in the world has to annoy 8bn people to accept or reject cookies because EU passed a a law that can cost you a lot of money if you ignore that.

Someone needs to take things easy Karen...

The Internet police.

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