Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

All this is doing is effectively accepting the website defaults on the hope that those defaults follow the GDPR rules. No thanks.


Author here, actually it's the opposite. I elaborate this in a comment on the issue tracker:

> Hush will block some specific scripts and hide some elements on the website, but can't and won't interact with the website itself and thus won't click on any buttons etc. I'm in EU so can only speak for our laws, but here the tracking/cookies are opt-in, meaning non-consent means not accepting. It's possible that some websites would adapt the behavior based on your geographical location, but I'd wager that most will go with the least common denominator and respect the GDPR laws everywhere.


You say its doing the opposite, but they you set out that it appears to be doing just that.

You are hoping/wagering that the site defaults to 'no collection if there is no user interaction. Sure they are supposed to do that, but how many do?




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: