Web cookies (sdf.org), 12/04/2019
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"The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations
(PECR) sit alongside the Data Protection Act and the GDPR.
They give people specific privacy rights in relation to
electronic communications."

And with that, we get a new slew of annoying popus that
inform us of our special rights, while simultaneously
prompting us (with no real choice) to cede those rights.
Thanks government(s)!

Most of my websites are gone, these days, because I Just
Don't Care Anymore(TM). The only one left is dead simple,
text and some CSS only, with no JS or cookies. And so, I
have no annoying popup (let's get real though, I wouldn't
have one anyway, because I'm a rebel).

Which leads me to wonder: do people see that there is no
special magic cookie disclaimer, and distrust my website
because I'm not haranguing them?! "This guy isn't warning
me, he must be a PIRATE come to STEAL all my personal
information!!!"

(Then again, I don't have HTTPS on that website either,
because I'm a crusty guy. I might turn that on though, if I
can just get over myself.)

Anyway, this is gopher, and none of this really matters. The
web is gonna do what the web is gonna do, and as long as it
causes money to move around, the capitalists and the
socialists will all be happy about it. But man, those cookie
notices are really annoying. Just one more reason to stay
away from the www.

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