September 5, 2025 at 9:17:15 PM UTC

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that A-list web sites aggressively pop a geolocation permission prompt for absolutely no good reason has done a huge disservice to how folks perceive privacy on the web

Also posted to Bluesky.

9 replies

cthos 🐱 Mastodon moments later

@zachleat how else will we know where to send the door prizes??
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 1 min later
  
  @cthos NECESSARY COOKIES ONLY
Gabriel N Mastodon 11 min later

@zachleat
“Allow us to send you notifications” [grant]
Why would I? I just arrived here!
Notifications are a great feature: in specific use cases, and this behavior just ruin them for everyone.
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 23 min later
  
  @wtrmt they ask at the worst time!
Jason Garber Mastodon 13 min later

@zachleat Docusign, man. Every. Single. Time.
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 24 min later
  
  @jgarber I have probably denied Google Search on hundreds of different browsers and devices at this point
Steve Bogart 🎵 Mastodon 2 hr later

@zachleat
“Arasaka would like to know your location.
Arasaka would like to know your location.
Arasaka would like to know your location.”
- “The Data Stream”, The Stupendium
vrugtehagel Mastodon 8 hr later

@zachleat In a way, it is quite useful; it is an immediate signal that they're out to get me and I need to get off their site. I like to equate these things to real life: if I walked into a store and they immediately asked me where I live, I'm out of there 😛
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 17 hr later
  
  @vrugtehagel google maps used to alert me when it knew I was going into a store. I got off of the Android ecosystem after that