EU May Outlaw Cookies

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Posted by timothy on Wednesday October 31, 2001 @06:48AM from the use-tasty-apples-instead dept.

Millennium writes: "According to Yahoo News, The European Commission is considering a privacy directive which, among other things, completely bans the use of cookies. Forgive me for saying so, but considering all the legitimate uses of cookies, isn't banning them outright going just a bit too far?" Update: 10/31 19:21 GMT by M : The submitter's write-up is wrong. Read the story. Keep in mind, as usual, that a "news" story whose sole source is an executive with an agenda to push is unlikely to portray the situation accurately.

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Cookies by utdpenguin · 2001-10-31 07:09 · Score: 3, Funny

Cookie monster will be SO disapointed!!!

And I hate to disapoint a monster. It's dangerous

You tell him . .. .

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In the UK at least... by ocie · 2001-10-31 07:10 · Score: 2, Funny

They don't really call them cookies, I think the call them biscuits :)

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Yeah! Ban the cookies! by mfarah · 2001-10-31 07:11 · Score: 3, Funny

... and, while we're at it, ban the cakes, too. And the spanish cocas. And all kinds of biscuits. And pretzels, too, just in case. It's easier to forbid the food that's Bad For You than to pass a directive requiring all european citizens to go on a diet.

I just can't help buy wonder what will Cookie Monster say about this: "When cookies are outlawed, only outlaws will have delicious meals", or something like that.

Oh, you mean software cookies? Oh...

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But think about the children by loraksus · 2001-10-31 07:11 · Score: 5, Funny

What will we do when cookie monster is removed from the cast of Sesamee Street?

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Ut-oh by MentlFlos · 2001-10-31 07:12 · Score: 2, Funny

The girlscouts are gunna be pissed!
(yes, it was a joke)
-paul
Re:Outlawing Cookies by Scott+Lockwood · 2001-10-31 07:13 · Score: 1, Funny

And more importantly, does this mean that we will see the cookie monster joining Bert alongside Bin Ladin now?

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It's a good thing, really... by athakur999 · 2001-10-31 07:18 · Score: 2, Funny

Did you know everytime you dunk an Oreo into a glass of milk, it sends information back to Nabisco via an embedded 802.11 interface? Here's just some of the private details being sent without your knowledge:

* Type of milk (skim, 1%, 2%, etc.)
* Brand of milk
* Length of dunk
* Whether you double-dunk or not
* When you dunk (watching TV, in bed, etc.)
* Any health problems it finds as it works its way down your body

I praise the EU for finally doing something about this.

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About time! by nowt · 2001-10-31 07:43 · Score: 3, Funny

Those hockey pucks my english mother-in-law makes should be outlawed!

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Re:Shades of the French Revolution by jrockway · 2001-10-31 17:04 · Score: 2, Funny

> Today, they take away the right to use cookies on your website. What tomorrow, gun rights?

Guns don't kill people, cookies kill people :)

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