Reply to post: Researchers are already looking for a workaround no doubt.

AI-powered browser extension to automatically click away cookie pop-ups now promised

Ordinary Donkey

Researchers are already looking for a workaround no doubt.

If the AI assures them it has disabled all the non-essential cookies then most users will let their guard down so all the website needs to do is find a trick that fools the AI but not a human and loads of people will accept cookies they would manually reject. Then the developers of the AI will be looking for a way around that...

I think Douglas Adams described the phenonomon with regards to his Thumb device, no?

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