Re: Some half-baked thoughts about cookies.

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In message <CADYDTCCcnFJnxSXwrW=+m4Y+AKCpK4VBeWNzRfu-dBFN5_Fzsg@mail.gmail.com>
, Daniel Veditz writes:

>On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 5:05 AM, Mike West <mkwst@google.com> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 1:57 PM Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
>> wrote:
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>>> >We are. Visit the Boston Globe in private mode, [...]
>>> Works for me, but that's maybe because I'm in GDPR-land ?
>>>
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>> Idunno. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/
>> 2017/05/boston-globe-website-no-longer-lets-you-read-
>> articles-in-private-mode/ has a screenshot of what I saw. Perhaps they
>> have some heuristics around the blocking behavior?
>>
>
>My ad blocker appears to be blocking the script which complains about
>private mode. Ironic if their complaint-wall drives more privacy-concerned
>folks into full-blown ad blockers, though I'm sure it will since that's the
>path I followed.

That could be it for me too...

Speaking of commercial opportunies and decisions:  latimes.com has
been inaccessible to EU since GDPR went into effect...

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Received on Monday, 27 August 2018 16:58:07 UTC