Are you skilled enough to find the "do not accept cookies" control for each of these 3 pop-up windows? And can you do it in less than 10 seconds?

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

I did it in more than 10 seconds !

I did it in less than 10 seconds !

I found a better question to answer.

[NathanDavis]

do you call them gateu...

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

lolol

Internet wise, we refer to them as cookies because no french translation has established itself here, maybe not even by Canadians who are usually fussier about that.

Food wise, cookies are also called cookies, however they belong to the "gateau (plural, gateaux)" or "biscuit" category.

[queenofcardio]

@Maybe_Maybe_not Those darn Canadians ! 😂

[queenofcardio]

In French Canadian tech terminology, "cookies" are officially known as témoins or témoins de connexion

[queenofcardio]

On government websites or professional Quebec-based platforms you will almost always see the term témoin used in privacy banners and settings.

[NathanDavis]

@queenofcardio witnesses?

[queenofcardio]

Lmao yes. Almost everyone still uses the word cookie. Officially they did create another meaning of that word to avoid using the word cookies.

[queenofcardio]

Francophones almost always avoid using English words because they want to protect the integrity of the French language.

[queenofcardio]

@NathanDavis There are people in Quebec that still believe in separating from Canada

[NathanDavis]

@queenofcardio I've heard about something about that... lol

same as some Texans who still believe that it should go back to a Republic

as for Spanish... I would burst out if I ever hear someone calling them "galletas"

[queenofcardio]

@NathanDavis They actually tried to but it wasn't possible. They don't just believe they actually want it to happen. They did a poll and 37% of them now want to separate

[NathanDavis]

@queenofcardio I would imagine and assume that it could be the older generations pushing for it... ?

[queenofcardio]

Ohh definitely.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Witnesses of connection...
So Canadians did it after all !!

[NathanDavis]

I don't speak French by the way... what did you mean by this question? @Maybe_Maybe_not

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

@NathanDavis
Hint: the way to say no to cookies is to continue without accepting

[NathanDavis]

that I did figure... lol

second one is very tricky

[NathanDavis]

and I bet that when you hover over it... it goes to hide somewhere too

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Haha no, at least not yet and the pointer shape shifts properly like it should. But yeah the second one is masterclass obfuscation.

On the bright side, the quest for the button trains your cognitive skills 😎

[MrChinaski]

So 8.3 billion people x 10 accept/reject cookies each day * 3/3600 hours per click x average global hourly wage of say $5 = $3 1/2 billion of time wasted on this shit every single day. Who the heck decided 'click for cookies' was a good idea?

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Hmmm is it billions of people though, because while I'm pretty sure this clickwork happens due to General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR is a EU thing, I don't know if there are similar regs all over the globe?

[MrChinaski]

hmmmm... that can't be right... $350, million per day. point still stands.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Onto te next point then, which is more interesting than figures to me lol. I believe this clickwork exists because someone wanted a legal answer to tracking cookies

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

And, more personally, it gives me the opportunity to look at how much networking is going on between vendors, because some websites feature the whole list of third parties with whom data is shared. Sometimes it's 200 different vendors receiving data access as soon as you click on "accept all", it's making me giddy lol

[MrChinaski]

Embrace your inner Dr Strangelove: Learn to stop worrying and love the perpetual invasion of privacy.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Embrace denied.

[CriminallyInsane]

Why do I need to find them in under 10 seconds? Will my cookies get burned if I don't?

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Precisely.

[queenofcardio]

Just a little over.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

[Osborne775]

If im in tor browser then it dosen’t matter much
However on regular browser i press do not accept

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Actually... I don't remember, NoScript blocks any js but how does that affect interfere with cookies

[KostasKouvalis]

Nope. I don't speak these languages.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

then here is what you missed:

[KostasKouvalis]

The first two are so small and in such a random spot.
I saw the "Refuser", but it's grey, which usually means it's unclickable.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

It's totally obfuscated, on purpose, by web developers, so you eventually click on accept because you're tired of looking lol

[KostasKouvalis]

Assholes