All the fuss generated by the use of cookies by almost every website on the traditional Internet that led the EU to pass the Cookie Directive just produced a pop-up that warns the anonymous user about the presence of these digital candies. Thus, the Ad-dicted can claim to be law-abiding netizens while giving no actual privacy protection for the users. Want a proof? What follows is a cookie left on my computer by a well-known e-commerce giant: A0CJfSiKBUmZik9DPj7fCXA. Firefox tells me about it existence and expiring date, but how am I supposed to know what does this cookie means? And what difference does it make whether I am aware or not of its presence, since I have no way of understanding what’s its function?
Short: the Cookie Directive is useless and, as Cicero used to say, Summum Jus, Summa Injuria.