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0 pointsRC_ITR3y ago0 comments

>Americans are always the first to cry foul when others, such as the EU, put measures in place to curtail the amount of data collection that happens by US firms

I think Americans cry foul at how feckless the regulations are. Is forcing me to accept cookies really making my life better or the Internet worse?

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jen203y ago

Given that the regulations don’t require that, it’s mostly that companies that choose to do it are making the internet worse because they believe they have the right to harvest personal information.

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