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Ask HN: Shouldn't Cookie tracking request popups be converted to HTTP Headers?

by bigattichouse on 9/11/24, 2:52 PM with 6 comments

I mean, it's the same three or four possible fields over and over... can't we just set a default and pass it as a header on every request?

  • by kevinsimper on 9/11/24, 6:01 PM

    My solution would be to simply ignore all cookies from any new website and only allow once a button has been pressed by the user in the address bar.

    There is no reason why a website should be able to track from the first second that easily

  • by pwg on 9/11/24, 3:00 PM

    That was already tried: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track

    Most advertisers/tracking companies/websites using such products simply ignored it (due to their fears of revenue loss) and it withered on the vine.

  • by greyface- on 9/11/24, 2:59 PM

    This already exists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track

    Eliminating popups and observing DNT would defeat the primary purpose of cookie popups: to annoy the user and lead them to believe that GDPR et al. are not in their interest.

  • by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on 9/13/24, 1:09 AM

    Would have been useful to include that reuirement in the statute, i.e., a non-interactive method for indicating denial of consent,