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shinesurge:

shinesurge:

i hope websites that prompt me to log in to keep scrolling feel pain when i immediately close them instead

genuinely i know all the people explaining how to get around this mean well and it’s nice of you to take the time but my issue is not circumventing a block my issue is that it is absolutely unacceptable that we have to take five extra steps to access public information expressly so companies can harvest our browsing data for profit

Fun fact: sites often start collecting your data as you are filling in the form. So if you change your mind and end up not clicking the submit button, they still have the infos.

Reported by KU Leuven and other universities, 11th of May 2022. An English source I found:

Startling Report Claims Popular Websites Secretly Collect Your Data Similar To A Keylogger

The average user is likely to assume that abandoning a web form before submitting their information and closing out the browser window would

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