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watwutlast Sunday at 8:43 PM1 replyview on HN

Popups have nothing to do with GDPR. They are reaction to Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive which predates GDPR.

And yes, it is deliberate misinformation.


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Retr0idlast Sunday at 8:58 PM

Cookie popups pre-date GRPR, but find it hard to believe the uptick in popups that happened around May 2018 was in response to legislation from 2003.

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