Why, tho?

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    12 hours ago

    Its their responsibility to make clear the reason they require it.

    Something like Anubis does it well by adding a “Why am I seeing this?” section to their JavaScript challenge.

    You are seeing this because the administrator …

    Anubis is a compromise. Anubis uses a Proof-of-Work scheme in …

    Ultimately, this is a hack whose real purpose is to give a “good enough” placeholder solution so that more time can be spent on …

    Please note that Anubis requires the use of modern JavaScript features that plugins like …

    Sadly, you must enable JavaScript to get past this challenge. This is required because AI companies have …

    If you require something, such as an account, to view the content. Simply add why.

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      11 hours ago

      Its their responsibility to make clear the reason they require it.

      Not really?

      They don’t have to explain anything to you (though for many of US in this bubble in specific would probably run away from a service that’s so closed like this)… The vast majority of people who run into the Anubis setup will have no fucking clue what any of it means, nor give a shit about it. They just want to get to the content.

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        9 hours ago

        They don’t have to explain anything to you

        Correct. We wont do business if one cannot give an explanation. One can write in the privacy policy that they collect all sorts of private information, but the kicker, for me, is often why.

        The vast majority of people who run into the Anubis setup will have no fucking clue what any of it means, nor give a shit about it. They just want to get to the content.

        One doesn’t have to care about the Miranda warning, but its still read off to someone in case they do.

        • Saik0@lemmy.saik0.com
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          9 hours ago

          Miranda is required by law… notifying random people who visit your website isn’t.

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            9 hours ago

            Miranda is required by law

            Irrelevant to the point. I was pointing out the value proposition. Certain things exist for a minority of people. I view the 'reason why" as valuable, even if only a minority care about it.

            • Saik0@lemmy.saik0.com
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              9 hours ago

              It’s directly relevant.

              Miranda is required by law. The law creates the responsibility.

              There is no requirement and thus no “responsibility” to post a notice of “why” onto a pop-up when you access a site. Just because me and you care, doesn’t make a responsibility for the company/entity running the website to capitulate to what we want.