OT: Why can\'t non-EU websites ignore EU cookie laws/GDPR?...

[Commander Kinsey]

If an American company with an American server doesn\'t obey EU cookie/GDPR/privacy laws, what\'s the EU gonna do? They can\'t get someone into trouble for breaking a law which only exists in another country surely? All they could do is block the website in the EU. If all companies refused to obey the legislation, the EU would have to block thousands of sites, then their population would see sense and get the law overturned. Or.... all sites outside the EU could simply check the IP address, and if the user is in the EU, display an alternate page complaining about the stupid law and saying we refuse to deal with Europeans. For goodness sake, fight back against stupidity!

 

[Peeler]

On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:03:44 +0100, Birdbrain Macaw (aka \"Commander Kinsey\",
\"James Wilkinson\", \"Steven Wanker\",\"Bruce Farquar\", \"Fred Johnson, etc.),
the pathological resident idiot and attention whore of all the uk ngs,
blathered again:

<FLUSH the subnormal sociopathic trolling attention whore\'s latest
attention-baiting sick bullshit unread again>

And you HAD to post the same shit SEPARATELY to several separate ngs again,
just so you could get all the more attention out of several separate
threads, you clinically insane trolling wanker and attention whore!


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[John Larkin]

On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:03:44 +0100, \"Commander Kinsey\"
<CK1@nospam.com> wrote:

>If an American company with an American server doesn\'t obey EU cookie/GDPR/privacy laws, what\'s the EU gonna do? They can\'t get someone into trouble for breaking a law which only exists in another country surely? All they could do is block the website in the EU. If all companies refused to obey the legislation, the EU would have to block thousands of sites, then their population would see sense and get the law overturned. Or.... all sites outside the EU could simply check the IP address, and if the user is in the EU, display an alternate page complaining about the stupid law and saying we refuse to deal with Europeans. For goodness sake, fight back against stupidity!

I was working with a group in Oxford and I asked them if our
tomographic atom probe machine would have to be tested for CE
compliance. They all laughed out loud.

\"You don\'t understand. CE means Can\'t Enforce.\"

They buy CE stickers in bulk.

Is there a Firefox addon that automatically answers the stupid cookie
consent question?

Oxford is a wonderful, magical place.

 

[The Natural Philosopher]

On 19/09/2023 16:50, John Larkin wrote:

Is there a Firefox addon that automatically answers the stupid cookie
consent question?

Problem is it is different every time

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[sci.electronics.design]

On Tuesday, 19 September 2023 at 10:03:54 UTC+2, Commander Kinsey wrote:

If an American company with an American server doesn\'t obey EU cookie/GDPR/privacy laws, what\'s the EU gonna do? They can\'t get someone into trouble for breaking a law which only exists in another country surely? All they could do is block the website in the EU. If all companies refused to obey the legislation, the EU would have to block thousands of sites, then their population would see sense and get the law overturned. Or.... all sites outside the EU could simply check the IP address, and if the user is in the EU, display an alternate page complaining about the stupid law and saying we refuse to deal with Europeans. For goodness sake, fight back against stupidity!

USA is small country vs./ EU

300M vs. 500M

so EU can block the whole USA on the internet, like China

 

[Brian Gaff]

Probably block access to it. Besides its all smoke and mirrors. It does not
seem to me that cookies are now the only way to track you. Many email
newsletters seem to have embedded links that click through third party data
gathering sites on the way to the actual page, and its happening on all
sites. If you moan they say that its legitimate market research, but then
they would of course.
So if the data is gathered before you get to the cookie warning, its OK
presumably.
Brian

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\"Commander Kinsey\" <CK1@nospam.com> wrote in message
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If an American company with an American server doesn\'t obey EU
cookie/GDPR/privacy laws, what\'s the EU gonna do? They can\'t get someone
into trouble for breaking a law which only exists in another country
surely? All they could do is block the website in the EU. If all
companies refused to obey the legislation, the EU would have to block
thousands of sites, then their population would see sense and get the law
overturned. Or.... all sites outside the EU could simply check the IP
address, and if the user is in the EU, display an alternate page
complaining about the stupid law and saying we refuse to deal with
Europeans. For goodness sake, fight back against stupidity!

 

[John Larkin]

On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 16:58:24 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
<tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 19/09/2023 16:50, John Larkin wrote:
Is there a Firefox addon that automatically answers the stupid cookie
consent question?

Problem is it is different every time

Use AI!

 

[John Larkin]

On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:05:33 -0700 (PDT), \"sci.electronics.design\"
<manta103g@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tuesday, 19 September 2023 at 10:03:54 UTC+2, Commander Kinsey wrote:
If an American company with an American server doesn\'t obey EU cookie/GDPR/privacy laws, what\'s the EU gonna do? They can\'t get someone into trouble for breaking a law which only exists in another country surely? All they could do is block the website in the EU. If all companies refused to obey the legislation, the EU would have to block thousands of sites, then their population would see sense and get the law overturned. Or.... all sites outside the EU could simply check the IP address, and if the user is in the EU, display an alternate page complaining about the stupid law and saying we refuse to deal with Europeans. For goodness sake, fight back against stupidity!


USA is small country vs./ EU

300M vs. 500M

so EU can block the whole USA on the internet, like China

OK, europeans don\'t need Xilinx or TI parts or google or any of that
nasty American stuff. They don\'t need the internet at all. Let them
have their wars to keep themselves amused.

They certainly don\'t need S.E.D.

 

[John Larkin]

On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:03:44 +0100, \"Commander Kinsey\"
<CK1@nospam.com> wrote:

>If an American company with an American server doesn\'t obey EU cookie/GDPR/privacy laws, what\'s the EU gonna do? They can\'t get someone into trouble for breaking a law which only exists in another country surely? All they could do is block the website in the EU. If all companies refused to obey the legislation, the EU would have to block thousands of sites, then their population would see sense and get the law overturned. Or.... all sites outside the EU could simply check the IP address, and if the user is in the EU, display an alternate page complaining about the stupid law and saying we refuse to deal with Europeans. For goodness sake, fight back against stupidity!

Can\'t you set up a browser that blocks cookies?

 

[John Larkin]

On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:26:35 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> wrote:

On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 16:58:24 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 19/09/2023 16:50, John Larkin wrote:
Is there a Firefox addon that automatically answers the stupid cookie
consent question?

Problem is it is different every time

Use AI!

Actually, Firefox has several. Here\'s one:

https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/

 

[sci.electronics.design]

On Tuesday, 19 September 2023 at 18:37:04 UTC+2, John Larkin wrote:

On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:03:44 +0100, \"Commander Kinsey\"
C...@nospam.com> wrote:
If an American company with an American server doesn\'t obey EU cookie/GDPR/privacy laws, what\'s the EU gonna do? They can\'t get someone into trouble for breaking a law which only exists in another country surely? All they could do is block the website in the EU. If all companies refused to obey the legislation, the EU would have to block thousands of sites, then their population would see sense and get the law overturned. Or.... all sites outside the EU could simply check the IP address, and if the user is in the EU, display an alternate page complaining about the stupid law and saying we refuse to deal with Europeans. For goodness sake, fight back against stupidity!
Can\'t you set up a browser that blocks cookies?

cookies live over browser\'s functionality

Old web browsers may work fine, providing html parsing by scripts

 

[The Natural Philosopher]

On 19/09/2023 17:36, John Larkin wrote:

On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:03:44 +0100, \"Commander Kinsey\"
CK1@nospam.com> wrote:

If an American company with an American server doesn\'t obey EU cookie/GDPR/privacy laws, what\'s the EU gonna do? They can\'t get someone into trouble for breaking a law which only exists in another country surely? All they could do is block the website in the EU. If all companies refused to obey the legislation, the EU would have to block thousands of sites, then their population would see sense and get the law overturned. Or.... all sites outside the EU could simply check the IP address, and if the user is in the EU, display an alternate page complaining about the stupid law and saying we refuse to deal with Europeans. For goodness sake, fight back against stupidity!

Can\'t you set up a browser that blocks cookies?

Trouble is its a very blunt instrument and destroys ability to log into
sites and to do online shopping



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[Peeler]

On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 08:50:26 -0700, John Larkin, another absolutely brain
dead, troll-feeding senile asshole, blathered:


> I was working with a group in Oxford

And now you are online feeding the dumbest wanker, attention whore and troll
around, you disgusting troll-feeding senile shithead!

 

[Peeler]

On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 17:25:11 +0100, Brainless & Daft, the TV-watching and
pity-baiting senile \"blind\" mole, blathered again:

Probably block access to it. Besides its all smoke and mirrors. It does not
seem to me that cookies are now the only way to track you. Many email
newsletters seem to have embedded links that click through third party data
gathering sites on the way to the actual page, and its happening on all
sites. If you moan they say that its legitimate market research, but then
they would of course.
So if the data is gathered before you get to the cookie warning, its OK
presumably.
Brainless & Daft

And now say thank you to the troll who provided you with another opportunity
the present the shit you got for brains, \"blind\" Brainless & Daft! <BG>

 

[Peeler]

On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:36:45 -0700, John Larkin, another obviously brain
dead, troll-feeding senile asshole, blathered:


> Can\'t you set up a browser that blocks cookies?

He can make you senile assholes suck his unwashed Scottish cock time and
again, that\'s what he can, you demented senile sucker of troll cock!

 

[a a]

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Yet one more #veryStupidByLowIQaa post.

 

[a a]

>

Darius the Dumb has posted yet one more #veryStupidByLowIQaa article.

 

[SteveW]

On 19/09/2023 16:58, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 19/09/2023 16:50, John Larkin wrote:
Is there a Firefox addon that automatically answers the stupid cookie
consent question?

Problem is it is different every time

It would have been much better if the EU had mandated a single click to
reject all cookie requests (and to reject alternative methods of
tracking) or better still to have mandated honouring the browser\'s Do
Not Track requests.

 

[a a]

On Tuesday, 19 September 2023 at 23:40:19 UTC+2, SteveW wrote:

On 19/09/2023 16:58, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 19/09/2023 16:50, John Larkin wrote:
Is there a Firefox addon that automatically answers the stupid cookie
consent question?

Problem is it is different every time
It would have been much better if the EU had mandated a single click to
reject all cookie requests (and to reject alternative methods of
tracking) or better still to have mandated honouring the browser\'s Do
Not Track requests.

very silly idea, since this is USA, who invented cookies to track billions on the internet

 

[a a]

>

Yet one more #veryStupidByLowIQaa post.