[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #44736: Comment cookies are completely disabled when "Show comments cookies opt-in checkbox" is not enabled

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#44736: Comment cookies are completely disabled when "Show comments cookies opt-in
checkbox" is not enabled
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 Reporter:  pputzer       |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  5.0.1
Component:  Comments      |     Version:  4.9.8
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch   |     Focuses:  privacy
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Comment (by pputzer):

 Replying to [comment:15 ThemeZee]:

 > There should be two options:
 >
 > 1) Disable comment cookies completely
 >
 > 2) Enable the checkbox, which asks the user for consent to save comment
 cookies
 >
 > Right now the current implementation does that. Changing it might lead
 to website owners violating the GDPR without knowing it, when they
 deactivate the checkbox.

 While I'm all for privacy by default, I disagree that the current
 implementation is tenable. The wording of the checkbox is completely
 misleading and there is the additional issue of backwards compatibility.
 You are right that @mirkoschubert requested exactly this functionality,
 but the discussion in the ticket veered in a different direction and the
 commit results don't match with that.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/44736#comment:16>
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