By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/07/2026This is bullshit, and the European Court of Justice affirmed it. Surveillance advertising companies are happy to stretch the definition of "legitimate interest" to cover "spying on you because our ToS say we will." 14/ 1283
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/07/2026But these same companies insist that "legitimate purpose" can't *possibly* include "remembering the fact that you told us not to spy on you the last time you were here." 15/ 1303
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/07/2026That's why, every time you click through to one of many popular websites, you get a dickover, and the only way to make it stop is to "consent" to being spied upon. But it doesn't have to be this way. 16/ 1240
