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		tlamponi on Dec 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Why have we accepted the cookie pop-up sit... > Well, it's basically malicious compliance. I get what you mean but technically its not compliance, as the law requires a simple yes no option. Definitively malicious though.

SilasX on Dec 12, 2021 [–]

But even those ones are annoying and push the boundaries of “simple yes/no”.

Macha on Dec 12, 2021 | [–]

Or deceitful, where the reject all only covers the "consent" option, but every vendor has a second "legitimate interest" option.

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