{"text":"RT @geniusmusing No cookie for you The GitHub Blog\nhttps:\/\/github.blog\/2020-12-17-no-cookie-for-you\/\n\n >Good news: we removed all cookie banners from GitHub! \ud83c\udf89\n >\n >No one likes cookie banners. But cookie banners are everywhere. So how did we pull this off?\n >\n >Well, EU law requires you to use cookie banners if your website contains cookies that are not required for it to work. Common examples of such cookies are those used by third-party analytics, tracking, and advertising services. These services collect information about people\u2019s behavior across the web, store it in their databases, and can use it to serve personalized ads.\n >\n >At GitHub, we want to protect developer privacy, and we find cookie banners quite irritating, so we decided to look for a solution. After a brief search, we found one: just don\u2019t use any non-essential cookies. Pretty simple, really. \ud83e\udd14\n >\n >So, we have removed all non-essential cookies from GitHub, and visiting our website does not send any information to third-party analytics services. (And of course GitHub still does not use any cookies to display ads, or track you across other sites.)\n >\n >We are also committing that going forward, we will only use cookies that are required for us to serve GitHub.com. GitHub has had a long history of prioritizing developer privacy, often going above and beyond any legal requirement, including extending EU privacy protections to all users regardless of location. Developers should not have to sacrifice their privacy to collaborate on GitHub.\n >\n >That\u2019s all. Have a nice day!\n\n Interesting, also Via EFF.","truncated":false,"created_at":"Thu Dec 17 18:07:58 -0500 2020","in_reply_to_status_id":null,"uri":"tag:gs.jonkman.ca,2020-12-17:noticeId=1053208:objectType=note","source":"web","source_link":null,"id":1053208,"in_reply_to_user_id":null,"in_reply_to_screen_name":null,"geo":null,"user":{"id":2,"name":"Bob Jonkman","screen_name":"bobjonkman","location":"Elmira, Ontario, Canada","description":"Computer Consultant, Instructor, Project Manager, System Administrator\u2026\nVolunteer at Radio Waterloo\nCo-founder of http:\/\/kwvoip.ca\nGnuPG Key fingerprint = 04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA Political me is @BobJonkmanGreen https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/BobJonkmanGreen","profile_image_url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/2-48-20170904122929.jpeg","profile_image_url_https":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/2-48-20170904122929.jpeg","profile_image_url_profile_size":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/2-96-20170904114939.jpeg","profile_image_url_original":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/2-300-20170904114939.jpeg","groups_count":82,"linkcolor":false,"backgroundcolor":false,"url":"http:\/\/bob.jonkman.ca\/blogs","protected":false,"followers_count":294,"friends_count":589,"created_at":"Mon Sep 04 07:47:34 -0400 2017","utc_offset":"-14400","time_zone":"America\/Toronto","statuses_count":705,"following":false,"statusnet_blocking":false,"notifications":false,"statusnet_profile_url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/bobjonkman","favourites_count":644},"statusnet_html":"RT @geniusmusing<\/a> No cookie for you The GitHub Blog
\nhttps:\/\/github.blog\/2020-12-17-no-cookie-for-you\/<\/a>
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\n >Good news: we removed all cookie banners from GitHub! \ud83c\udf89
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\n >No one likes cookie banners. But cookie banners are everywhere. So how did we pull this off?
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\n >Well, EU law requires you to use cookie banners if your website contains cookies that are not required for it to work. Common examples of such cookies are those used by third-party analytics, tracking, and advertising services. These services collect information about people\u2019s behavior across the web, store it in their databases, and can use it to serve personalized ads.
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\n >At GitHub, we want to protect developer privacy, and we find cookie banners quite irritating, so we decided to look for a solution. After a brief search, we found one: just don\u2019t use any non-essential cookies. Pretty simple, really. \ud83e\udd14
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\n >So, we have removed all non-essential cookies from GitHub, and visiting our website does not send any information to third-party analytics services. (And of course GitHub still does not use any cookies to display ads, or track you across other sites.)
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\n >We are also committing that going forward, we will only use cookies that are required for us to serve GitHub.com. GitHub has had a long history of prioritizing developer privacy, often going above and beyond any legal requirement, including extending EU privacy protections to all users regardless of location. Developers should not have to sacrifice their privacy to collaborate on GitHub.
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\n >That\u2019s all. Have a nice day!
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\n Interesting, also Via EFF.","statusnet_conversation_id":531241,"favorited":false,"repeated":false,"retweeted_status":{"text":"No cookie for you The GitHub Blog\nhttps:\/\/github.blog\/2020-12-17-no-cookie-for-you\/\n\n >Good news: we removed all cookie banners from GitHub! \ud83c\udf89\n >\n >No one likes cookie banners. But cookie banners are everywhere. So how did we pull this off?\n >\n >Well, EU law requires you to use cookie banners if your website contains cookies that are not required for it to work. Common examples of such cookies are those used by third-party analytics, tracking, and advertising services. These services collect information about people\u2019s behavior across the web, store it in their databases, and can use it to serve personalized ads.\n >\n >At GitHub, we want to protect developer privacy, and we find cookie banners quite irritating, so we decided to look for a solution. After a brief search, we found one: just don\u2019t use any non-essential cookies. Pretty simple, really. \ud83e\udd14\n >\n >So, we have removed all non-essential cookies from GitHub, and visiting our website does not send any information to third-party analytics services. (And of course GitHub still does not use any cookies to display ads, or track you across other sites.)\n >\n >We are also committing that going forward, we will only use cookies that are required for us to serve GitHub.com. GitHub has had a long history of prioritizing developer privacy, often going above and beyond any legal requirement, including extending EU privacy protections to all users regardless of location. Developers should not have to sacrifice their privacy to collaborate on GitHub.\n >\n >That\u2019s all. Have a nice day!\n\n Interesting, also Via EFF.","truncated":false,"created_at":"Thu Dec 17 15:21:03 -0500 2020","in_reply_to_status_id":null,"uri":"tag:nu.federati.net,2020-12-17:noticeId=3352165:objectType=note","source":"ostatus","source_link":null,"id":1053194,"in_reply_to_user_id":null,"in_reply_to_screen_name":null,"geo":null,"attachments":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.blog\/2020-12-17-no-cookie-for-you\/","mimetype":"text\/html; charset=UTF-8","size":"39951"}],"user":{"id":5773,"name":"GeniusMusing","screen_name":"geniusmusing","location":"Pacific Northwest","description":"AKA Wile E. Coyote, Inventor, Maker, Programmer, Writer and Super Genius.","profile_image_url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/5773-48-20231022234715.png","profile_image_url_https":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/5773-48-20231022234715.png","profile_image_url_profile_size":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/5773-original-20231022234617.png","profile_image_url_original":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/5773-original-20231022234617.png","groups_count":0,"linkcolor":false,"backgroundcolor":false,"url":null,"protected":false,"followers_count":2,"friends_count":0,"created_at":"Tue Dec 05 16:33:42 -0500 2017","utc_offset":"0","time_zone":"UTC","statuses_count":2099,"following":false,"statusnet_blocking":false,"notifications":false,"statusnet_profile_url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/geniusmusing","favourites_count":1777},"statusnet_html":"No cookie for you The GitHub Blog
https:\/\/github.blog\/2020-12-17-no-cookie-for-you\/<\/a>
>Good news: we removed all cookie banners from GitHub! \ud83c\udf89
>
>No one likes cookie banners. But cookie banners are everywhere. So how did we pull this off?
>
>Well, EU law requires you to use cookie banners if your website contains cookies that are not required for it to work. Common examples of such cookies are those used by third-party analytics, tracking, and advertising services. These services collect information about people\u2019s behavior across the web, store it in their databases, and can use it to serve personalized ads.
>
>At GitHub, we want to protect developer privacy, and we find cookie banners quite irritating, so we decided to look for a solution. After a brief search, we found one: just don\u2019t use any non-essential cookies. Pretty simple, really. \ud83e\udd14
>
>So, we have removed all non-essential cookies from GitHub, and visiting our website does not send any information to third-party analytics services. (And of course GitHub still does not use any cookies to display ads, or track you across other sites.)
>
>We are also committing that going forward, we will only use cookies that are required for us to serve GitHub.com. GitHub has had a long history of prioritizing developer privacy, often going above and beyond any legal requirement, including extending EU privacy protections to all users regardless of location. Developers should not have to sacrifice their privacy to collaborate on GitHub.
>
>That\u2019s all. Have a nice day!
Interesting, also Via EFF.","statusnet_conversation_id":531241,"favorited":false,"repeated":false}}