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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. Shades of the French Revolution by UltraBot2K1 · · Score: 1, Troll
    This whole EU thing is getting out of hand. Remember the French Revolution? Let me refresh your memory. Peasants (well, actually, disaffected, rabble-rousing intellectuals using the peasants), overthrew the monarchy, bent on establishing a government based on ideals and standards. Instead, they ended up with decades of beheadings, the metric system, all kinds of silly laws in the name of "egalitarianism", and, finally, an emperor bent on expansion.



    The parallels with the EU are obvious. We have a new government established, supposedly bent on establishing standards and protecting the citizen. Instead, we have the government limiting consumer choice. I think it's only a matter of time before the next Napoleon steps up to the plate and uses the infrastructure currently being put in place by the power-hungry EU.


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

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  2. Free Dmitry by aozilla · · Score: 1, Troll

    Next thing you know, an American Citizen will be arrested and jailed for giving a speech on shopping cart systems at a Web-Con Europe.

    Yes, this is a troll. But it's meant to be a funny one.

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  3. I know you lame web "producers" and "directors" by Rogain · · Score: 0, Troll

    just love cookies, but they are lame bullshit stop using them. My harddrive is not part of your data-storage solution. You see all the time websites where you can pull up all kinds of interesting info, by just using someones account. Goto 1800 contacts, via cookies, you can see the name and phone number of the person's eye doctor, netgrocer shows you their past purchases and shopping lists, and so on and so on, all without any authentication. Go die you lame web dorks, you are not developers.

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  4. "No cookie for you" by PhilTR · · Score: 0, Troll

    Personally I don't give a hoot if any web site needs or uses cookies. They can use them all they want, just keep the g*d damn things off my computer.

    There is absolutely NO need for a web site to put their deal on my computer. They can keep all info regarding my visit on "their" computer. When I come back for a visit they can do a "look-up" to see if I've ever been there and then continue doing their stick.

    Now of course if they want to put some green in my palm for putting their sh*t on my computer...well now that's another story all together. PhilTR