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That would fall under the 1%. They get a cert or whitelisted or something such that browsers would "allow" them to request the browser to store cookies. Perhaps the type of data to be stored is also restricted in the certificate itself so the site can't deviate from the storage they've been granted.

I don't know, it's just a random thought and not fully fleshed out. I'm sure there are millions of much smarter individuals than me that could figure out the details and nuance. Point is that we need to think outside the box if we are to fix the web. But doing it incrementally with "input" from ad-companies such as google is not going to work.



So you want the ability to be a modern website held by a centralised authority? The world is not a world of static websites anymore; it is a world of applications accessible by a web browser. That would be a huge and unjust centralisation of power.

The most should be a consent popup, similar to how websites request to use the camera.


So what you are saying is that SSL certificates are a "huge and unjust centralization of power"?

/s




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