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The Current System of Online Advertising has Been Ruled Illegal by The Belgian Court of Appeal. Advertising itself is Still Allowed, but not in a Way That Secretly Tracks Everyone’s Behavior. in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] dean@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 month ago

GDPR is regarding personal data, which includes cookies as well as any other fingerprinting. Even though browser fingerprinting does not persist any data on a device itself, explicit consent must be gathered before it's used for processing (i.e. tracking) purposes.

Canon requires an account to transfer images from your camera. Forces you to sign up using Chrome. in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
Top virologists sound the alarm on bird flu and plead with world leaders to prepare for another pandemic in c/news@lemmy.world
Requirements in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
[–] dean@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

What's more surprising to me, it seems to me that actual human users are also posting on that forum.

U.S. Companies Honed Their Surveillance Tech in Israel. Now It’s Coming Home. in c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Even PewDiePie thinks you should install Linux on your computer after saying he was "tortured by Windows" in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] dean@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 months ago

Wayfire is a Wayland compositor inspired by Compiz: https://github.com/WayfireWM/wayfire