So I just recently accessed CCP’s Web Site and had this cookie notification pop up on screen:
And here’s the rest of the notification:
Naturally I selected ‘Deny’ after reading it…
Just wondering if anybody else got the same pop-up when visiting CCP’s Web Site?
Yes, I got it yesterday.
I never read those notifications, I always deny all cookies everywhere.
Also – geolocation with an accuracy to several meters? Why the hell do they need to know that? It’s invasive as f"ck. When are these tech companies gonna get it through their thick removed-from-human-experience skulls that they don’t need to know any of that data?
I am pretty sure they’re just asking for location services permissions, and your device’s location services could be that accurate. They’re not deliberately doing anything special to achieve that precision.
Anyway, I haven’t seen this notification yet and I wouldn’t be surprised if the people who are seeing it are in California.
NoScript is wonderful. Once you get active control of the scripts running on your browser, it blows the mind how much tracking and intrusion into your life there is through the websites you visit.
It completely breaks the internet when you first start using it, and there is a learning curve to which scripts you need to turn on to get it working again. Sadly, you have to do this for every site you visit, so it’s a bit frustrating when you first start using it. Once you’ve got your regularly visited sites up and running, however, you hardly notice it’s there.
EU as well.
Regardless, they don’t need to know my location. Period.
Of the two permissions requested, the device fingerprinting is far more odious.
Location is a pretty mundane ask, you’re probably already sharing yours with a bunch of sites and apps, and it’s used for a ton of benign things (e.g., knowing which currency to use in the store). Unless you’re turning your nose up at things like google/apple maps, that train has basically sailed.
Yes, I am that guy. I don’t even use google. For anything. My search engine is duckduckgo. I don’t open links others send me that are from google. And I have all the permissions for all sites for mic use, camera, location, etc off. For worst offending sites I use TorBrowser. And if a site won’t let me browse them without accepting their cookies (Healthline is one such), then I close the tab and say goodbye. I am that careful online.
I use paper maps. As long as one has street name and house number, there is no reason to use digital maps.
Edit: and yes, device fingerprinting is odious as well, and I do everything in my power to avoid that as well. But I believe that one is more difficult to achieve.
Yes. All the sites visited from Europe have this. It’s been like that for many years.
Welcome to the internet, you are sharing more than you know likely. Mostly it’s just for targeted ads. “Hot singles in _____”
Exactly what I thought, especially after first reading they want to share that info with their 989 partners…
Most definitely a red flag item… In fact the whole thing seems extremely odious…
Wow, that sux…
Anyway, this is the first time I’ve ever seen a cookies notification like that so yeah, definitely struck me as being overly intrusive…
Oh yeah, I’m sure that’s very true… And unfortunate…
My guess is – they have been collecting that data anyway for years. The only reason you are seeing that notification now, is because someone in your jurisdiction thought such collection should get the consent of the user first. So the laws were changed.
EU has regulations against unauthorized data collection on private individuals. Sites are required to inform of collection of data, and only certain data (usually for functional use) is allowed to be collected without consent of the user. (Note: big US tech companies hate EU for this).
You should be more worried about your car.
Yeah, I’m definitely not driving any type of computerized car…
My ‘97’ Prelude is still running strong with 228k miles…
