It’s not a petty crime to trade in peoples private information. Prison sounds a bit harsh though. Especially for the cookie banner end of the spectrum. I’d save that for execs of companies that actually make money in the actual trade of PII.
There will be room in prisons when they let people out who used <blink> tags 20 years ago…
> Prison sounds a bit harsh though. Especially for the cookie banner end of the spectrum.
The developer knew what s/he was doing. We're not talking jaywalking here--this person (!!) made it slightly more difficult to make a choice that most users don't understand or care about anyway! And the result is more targeted advertising! How can you stand idly by?
Tell that to the numerous people who see an ad for something actually relevant to them instead of something only vaguely relevant to the site's primary audience.
Imagine your own mother being subjected to this kind of thing. Wouldn't you want jail time for the perpetrator? Would you stop there?
> Tell that to the numerous people who see an ad for something actually relevant to them instead of something only vaguely relevant to the site's primary audience.
You're not being subjected to some kind of torture; in fact, you are responsible for sending the HTTP request and executing it on your computer.
There will be room in prisons when they let people out who used <blink> tags 20 years ago…