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0 pointsadrr2y ago0 comments

EU is law is so bad that Wikipedia has a cookie banner. It literally bans all non functional cookies unless the users consents like preference cookies, performance monitoring cookies etc. I am sure all their government sites violate their own rules because i see preference cookies getting dropped without my consent and if I block the cookie, site still works.

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jimbobthrowawy2y ago

What does this wikipedia cookie banner look like? I tried to get it to pop up for the last ten minutes and got nothing.

Even changed browsers, deleted all cookies, and disabled my adblocker. Might it be a regional thing? My IP address is geolocated in the EU.

wnevets2y ago

I don't think it exists. The only banners I've ever gotten on wikipedia are donation related.

Nextgrid2y ago

> preference cookies

This would count as a functional cookie.

> performance monitoring cookies

Your web server doesn't need a cookie to tell you how long it took to process my request.

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