Comment on The current system of online advertising has been ruled illegal
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 days agoYeah it’s Javascript that’s the issue that can just take all this data in the client and send it wherever. And that’s exactly what’s happening.
EchoSnail@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
What’s the solution?
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 days ago
I’m not sure a technical solution is feasible, other than dns-blocking these trackers. I suppose lawmakers need to spring into action to make this shit illegal.
skisnow@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
You could probably set a cap on how many different fingerprinty attributes a script is allowed to grab before requesting permission from the user.
elbarto777@lemmy.world 3 days ago
That is indeed the solution.
A technical solution won’t cut it. Here’s a very convoluted example: the <p> tag allows you to send the text “buy illegal drugs here” to kids!! Omg!!! What to do? Remove the <p> tag? Obviously not. You ban the practice.