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EU May Outlaw Cookies

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. FT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First toast

    Who was saying they're fp god??

    -DFW

  2. Slashdot crashes again.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Good to see /. back up after a crash....

  3. a comment / minute by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In slashdot there's a comment every minute.

    Please mod this post up. Points +1 Funny.

    I'm fucking funny.

  4. isn't banning them outright... by lyapunov · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    nay, tasty though they may be, the side effects of tooth decay and obesity far outweigh any legitimate use they may have...

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  5. Got Milk? by Alsee · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Cookies and donuts.

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  6. Breaking News! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    RMS and GNU/Linux zealots are horny, just as The GNU!



    http://www.angelfire.com/linux/felch/proudgnu.jpg


    Proving that GNU zealots are real dickheads.

  7. Re:Enforcement Nightmare!(tm) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Yeah, after all, it worked when trying to prevent the spread of AIDS 20 years ago...

  8. This is just typical by Dr.+JackAzone · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's typical, EU allways stick its nose where it shouldn't be, like withe the cucombers they are trying to ban the ugly ones, apples when they are to small was to be banned as well. Considering that the EU was formed to make european trading more easy, I just don't get it, ok the cucombers and apples - we need standards but this is like the european curency, police and army ideas... they just don't make sense. actualy they do if we want something like the states, and speaking not only for my self - and with all respect for the states - we don't, I'm proud of the Danish flag, the language, the curency and the culture, of course without becoming a racist, actualy i welcome foreigners to Denmark as long they behave, if they have danish citizenship they are to be treated just like any other criminal with danish citizen ship.

  9. Re:Enforcement Nightmare!(tm) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeah, after all, it worked when trying to prevent the spread of AIDS 20 years ago...

    Yeah, you're right: we should legislate sex and require permission by the government before people can engage in sex.

  10. Osama bin Laden met CIA in Dubai last July by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Osama bin Laden was treated in an US military hospital in Dubai. He also met CIA representatives. Le Figaro article is here.

  11. Natalie Portman's BOOBIES by jsimon12 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    BOOBIES

  12. Re:In the UK at least... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes the europeans are soooo retarded...
    :-)
    How can we believe that you are not american in first place by saying things just like this ?
    Continue to have fun

  13. Troll? Redundant? by Argyle · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Geez, I guess the mods are all out of good stories to mod up and Natalie Portman grits to mod down...

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