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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 201 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I went on a site the other day, and a massive popup appeared before I could do anything.

"We Respect Your Privacy"

1200+ "data partners".

Big blue "Accept" button.

Yeah, no you don't.

[–] AWittyUsername@lemmy.world 78 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"We value your privacy... At about $10,000"

[–] Etienne_Dahu@jlai.lu 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] cone_zombie@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

More like $0,02

[–] bigFab@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

Big brown 'Eat 💩' button

[–] SuckMyWang@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

They mean we respect your privacy because we were forced to and we whined and bitched about it the whole time.