Comment on The current system of online advertising has been ruled illegal

• ChairmanMeow@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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  • skisnow@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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  • elbarto777@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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