POV: Working at Google

7heo , 3 months ago

That isn’t real. It wouldn’t pass peer review. Here is the actual code:

<span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">function </span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#795da3;">GetCookieValue</span><span style="color:#323232;">(x) {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  </span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">return </span><span style="color:#323232;">JSON.stringify(x);
</span><span style="color:#323232;">}
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">user.cookies.agreed </span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">= </span><span style="color:#323232;">Boolean(GetCookieValue(</span><span style="color:#0086b3;">true</span><span style="color:#323232;">));
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">if</span><span style="color:#323232;">(</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">!</span><span style="color:#323232;">DarkPatternPopup()) {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  </span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;">// Make sure we respect the user choice
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  user.cookies.agreed </span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">= </span><span style="color:#323232;">Boolean(GetCookieValue(</span><span style="color:#0086b3;">false</span><span style="color:#323232;">));
</span><span style="color:#323232;">}
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">if</span><span style="color:#323232;">(user.cookies.agreed) CollectData(user);
</span>

NoLifeKing , 3 months ago

PoV 3 seconds before eu fucks you in the ass without lube.

ramius345 , 3 months ago

Don’t need an if, just set the variable and collect the data. Saved you a jump instruction. The compiler is going to optimize it out anyway, but simpler code is better and some people forget the -O flag.

Sibbo , 3 months ago

Yeah but the last requires you to explicitly distinguish between the two cases.

MxM111 , 3 months ago

The only problem with the code I see is that the first 3 lines are not needed.

/Google

wise_pancake , 3 months ago

we’ve updated our terms of service, you’re now opted in to everything, good luck!

And

Yes, you unsubscribed from that mailing list, but before you did we went and put your name down for 575 new email lists which you have not unsubscribed from.

HaveYouPaidYourDues , 3 months ago

Unsubscribing from this mailing list automatically signs you up for this other identical mailing list

Anticorp , 3 months ago

Unsubscribing confirms this is a monitored account, so we have sold your email address to 9 million other companies.

Anticorp , 3 months ago

That first one should be punishable by flogging. Also the second one, but the first one is a very common strategy for opting you in to things you explicitly opted out of, and I’m pretty sure it’s illegal. But, since no one ever enforces the law against mega corps, they’re free to operate with impunity.

xmunk , 3 months ago

Excuse me, that else should be elseif( user.region != ‘eu’ )

bjoern_tantau , 3 months ago

Google: “Haha, hahaha, no.”

KazuyaDarklight , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago)

elseif( user.region = ‘eu’ ){ SecretlyCollectData(user)}

JohnEdwa , 3 months ago

Would be neat if Google got caught with a GDPR violation, the max fine is 4% of your global revenue, which for Google would be 12.2 billion.

So far the biggest has been Meta who was hit for 1.2 billion.

Anticorp , 3 months ago

Else if (EU) {be annoying while collecting data;}

raldone01 , 3 months ago

No then they just don’t show you that they have your data…