I would be careful of anything ‘smart’.

It’s a privilege lol

Fair. Pulling rules makes sense. Code wouldn’t. (I wouldn’t consider regex as code.)

Thanks for the details.

Why does it need to run remotely hosted code though?

As someone who works on data anonymization, I never trust anonymization.

What’s the behavior before this option was added? Would websites track you or not?

Meanwhile, our lawmakers in the US focus on other/presumed higher priorities.

It’s their interest, not yours.

Only the ‘free’ services. I bet amazon.com won’t ban you from shopping on vpn.

Just avoid using them. Expecting free services without giving out anything is naive.

Why do you think charging stations will be immune? Plus with all the ‘smart’ ‘connected’ cars it’s not impossible for them to push ads directly to your car.

I think outlook iOS has been storing credentials on server since day one, even before it was acquired by Microsoft. I’m not sure what the new outlook app means.

I don’t feel I understand it when the two words social and privacy are put together.

I see. Then it makes sense (just an inconvenience).

so they at least need to know who you are once?

Edit: looks like I misunderstood.

Does this law apply to Apple and Google?

I don’t believe governments are capable of hosting anything securely though.

And they still want your phone number.

Back to Facebook messenger?

Do you mean Tesla?