Europe can remove cookie banners with one browser setting (killthecookiebanner.eu)
The campaign says tracking is already prohibited by default, yet deliberately misleading consent dialogs push as many as 90% of visitors to accept while only about 3% want tracking. Its proposed fix is an automated browser signal.
HN’s catch is historical: Do Not Track also let browsers state a preference, and websites could ignore it. The hard problem is not sending the signal; it is making the recipient honor it.
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