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As an European citizen, yes I am profoundly glad these effects exist. Error 418 means, to me, that the website is disappointed it cannot exploit my personal data without my consent. Good riddance.


Honest question: How do you feel about your (i)phone being a permanent cookie? It aggregates all your information.

Is anything being prepared for that?


I contribute monthly to https://noyb.eu/ and am following their initiatives in that regard [1].

[1] https://noyb.eu/en/project/advertising-ids


Note Gdpr is not only about cookies. It's about data collection. Being able to get and erase your personal data from any website is quite a nice feature.




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