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Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out, According to an Independent Audit (www.404media.co)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by streetfestival@lemmy.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.ca

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This is about cookie banners on websites

There was another time I got into a very serious ontological discussion with a fairly senior engineer about what the difference was between taxes and fines and they didn’t understand there was a difference,” he said.

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[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is a bit vindicating lol. Every single social media post on the internet even here on Lemmy when something comes out about scalping people for more of their data there is a top comment saying: "do this and this to opt out" as a solution and it gets high visibility.

I usually say "yeah, there is a high chance that does nothing" and there are always people who say that is not true, without exception... Well, here is more proof.

[–] deliriousdreams@fedia.io 0 points 1 month ago

Because people (like this literal independent audit group) are checking and reporting back.

While I have no doubt at all that some people just take these tools and guides as gospel, a lot of the time the people supporting them are checking them. This comment section alone is filled with people suggesting Wireshark to check where data packets are being sent to for local models.