Quoting: Hamish

Quoting: NonjuffoI don't think GDPR applies to services like Github. If it did, it would also apply to things like scientific journals, which operate on the same basic underlying principles (i.e. the content is deliberately publicized along with the (pseudo-)identity of the authors).

How about Wikis just to broaden the discussion a bit?

I guess GDPR applies to any personal information the wiki stores about users. Wiki page content itself is regulated by other laws I'd think, like any public content, articles and such.

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I've had the game suddenly crawl for a good ten seconds a couple of times when I'm running to a new area on 390.48, I'd assume compiling shaders. Maybe the new shader compiler would help there?

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Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: minjWhat is a session, anyway? HTTP is a state-less protocol. You get a session by saving a session identifier in a... session cookie.

You're getting stuck on the terminology. The session doesn't need to include any identifiable private data. Just a randomly generated session id and a variable that tells the service not to store cookies on the user's system.

Cookie is a cookie is a cookie, otherwise why would every random site bother you about it on your first visit ever?

No, some cookies are delicious with coffee. And I have no idea what you're asking here. Surely those sites bother you because they're required to if they're going to store and access data on your system.

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Quoting: minjWhat is a session, anyway? HTTP is a state-less protocol. You get a session by saving a session identifier in a... session cookie.

You're getting stuck on the terminology. The session doesn't need to include any identifiable private data. Just a randomly generated session id and a variable that tells the service not to store cookies on the user's system.

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Either disabling the Steam overlay for the game or unchecking "Pause game on suspend" in the Feral launcher might help some of you with stability problems.

EDIT: Or not. It seemed to solve my problems on alt-tab, but leaving the game running in the background as a test for maybe ten minutes hard locked my whole system. I'm on an unsupported driver (390.48) and an unsupported distro so I guess I'll just have to wait for a fix or maybe a new driver. 396.18 causes problems in my other games so it's not an option.

It's not all bad though. The game seems to work just fine and run beautifully if I don't alt-tab.

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Quoting: EagleDeltaSo, how does GDPR apply to distributed data systems?

I don't think your git example is relevant. The names and emails are willingly attached to commits for copyright purposes (among other things), and git itself is software, not a web business. Services like gitlab will have to comply by making it explicit what data they collect and how they use it. And local git clones are not their responsibility any more than a saved screenshot from facebook is facebook's problem. I don't think the laws even apply to software in general, just the web.

Quoting: minjLet's dig into this a little deeper. You must allow the user deny cookies in that prompt, and must needs to remember that choice. Seeing a contradiction, anyone?

Is there really a rule that says that choice needs to be remembered beyond the session? I don't think so.

Quoting: minjThe (cookie) technology is not the problem, third-party tracking is. But since the law-makers are clueless as ever, they are now wielding the proverbial hammer on the little guy. The big ones will find a different way, any way.

It does limit what the "little guy" can do with visitors' private data, but why is that a problem?

EDIT: I'm slow.

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Quoting: NaibSo if my "layman's" explanation to a windows user, in terminology they understand as to why it doesn't matter that there are hundreds of distros... WHAT do you suggest?

The right answer could be something like: "Don't worry about it. Give Ubuntu or maybe Mint a try as they're well supported by games and software, and look into the others when you've got a feel for it."

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I wholeheartedly approve of any and all legislature to ban, destroy and eviscerate all tracking cookies and privacy-invading "features" the net is now full of. If it brings down half the world's advertisers and social networks, all the better. None of this really benefits us as individuals and consumers.

Going for the Antisocial Tinfoil Hat of the year award here. And I'm completely serious.

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Quoting: Naib( I explain distro's to windows users as people only applying certain kb)

That sounds like a very inaccurate explanation. It implies the biggest difference is the amount of security you get.

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: Patola

Quoting: liamdaweAnd yes, it's a massive burden for webmasters. I'm not against it though, privacy is massively important, just the way the EU is going about it isn't great for smaller sites like us. Even though GOL is hosted in the USA, the law applies to anyone from the EU visiting GOL.

What I meant was: couldn't the site just fetch the twitter data, and render it statically in pure text with a link to the twitter entry on twitter? There is impossible to have cookie collected this way if the person does not click the link.

That's possible, sure, but it's another thing to do if we want it. Likely just not worth the effort :)

Custom embed widgets and tweet scraping could very well be against Twitter's terms of service.

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