Emma Zühlcke on Nostr: Great - Now Der Spiegel, a popular German news website not only shoves a (deceptively ...
Great - Now Der Spiegel, a popular German news website not only shoves a (deceptively designed) cookie banner into my face, it also asks me, in a separate prompt, if it can use Utiq.
Utiq, if you haven’t heard, works together with many ISPs in Europe to link your internet connection to a persistent identifier. This means no amount of cookie clearing, private browsing or even switching devices will get rid of this tracker.
Published at
2026-08-05 12:14:23 UTCEvent JSON
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