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[–] [email protected] 202 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I went on a site the other day, and a massive popup appeared before I could do anything.

"We Respect Your Privacy"

1200+ "data partners".

Big blue "Accept" button.

Yeah, no you don't.

[–] [email protected] 78 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"We value your privacy... At about $10,000"

[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago

More like $0,02

[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago

Big brown 'Eat 💩' button

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

They mean we respect your privacy because we were forced to and we whined and bitched about it the whole time.