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Alle, er der ved blot lidt en smule om IT og webteknologi, kunne fra starten se, at cookie-direktivet var helt vanvittigt, pointeløst, og absurd om...

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19/10/2014

Alle, er der ved blot lidt en smule om IT og webteknologi, kunne fra starten se, at cookie-direktivet var helt vanvittigt, pointeløst, og absurd omkostningskrævende at indføre.

Alligevel blev det indført af EU på baggrund af græsrødders (berettigede) kritik af overvågningssamfundet, nok mest fordi en mindre  hær af Trine Bramsen typer havde brug for en eksistensberettigelse og ben at gnaske i.

Whiteecho.co har en glimrende opsummering af, og reflektering over, forløbet, og jeg vil gerne lige quote nogle favoritpassager fra teksten:

Digressing a little bit, I would like to observe that this is a story that we see over and over again. So humanity has a problem and it comes up with a solution. It writes down the solution on a piece of paper (a 1,000 page long piece of paper) and declares it a Law. The piece of paper is then treated as if it was passed on to us by our ancient ancestors who in turn received it from a long-forgotten deity. Everything that the Law declares is now holy and the original context, i.e. the problem at hand, is ignored and must no longer be spoken of. Although, words are nothing more but empty concepts made up by humans for humans, the Law brings them to life by pretending there’s a real substance behind them. Finally, the lawyers begin their mesmerizing dance around those words by taking turns at guessing what this real substance might be. The words are now declared worthy of offerings and it is perfectly OK to fine people and throw them into prisons in the name of the Law. Well done humanity

Conclusion

The Cookie Law has exposed the appalling incompetence of bureaucrats in the digital era, both those in Brussels and at home. While it’s certainly not the first policy change that did absolutely no good while causing great harm to the economy and instilling general chaos, the utter absurdity of the entire legislative process reveals that the officials are nowhere near understanding the underlying internet privacy problems, let alone tackling them.