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abhibeckert@lemmy.world 7 months agopeople refusing to create an account acting all doom and gloom are getting to be insufferable
I’m not doom and gloom, I think this is a good step in the right direction.
Users should be able to control what websites have access to their data and a sign in process achieves that. Only sign into a site if you are happy with the website’s privacy policy. There are some websites where I will sign in - I have an account on this website because it has in the privacy policy:
We do not sell or disclose user data under any condition, unless required by relevant data protection authorities, any other law enforcement authorities, or if the account owner requests the data themselves.
The thing that offends me the most about tracking across the internet is you are tracked wether you agree to a website’s privacy policy or not. Usually you can’t even read the privacy policy without being tracked unless a website complies with the GDPR and most websites do not.
phillaholic@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Write your congress person to enact a GDPR-like Bill. Short of that, as you’ve said, idk how sites are going to make money. The current situation is majorly self-inflicted. We don’t want to pay, so they have ads. We don’t want to see ads, so they collect and sell data. Now that VC money has dried up, it’s going to get worse and there’s no other answer.