Comment by jmyeet

I'm reminded of zombie cookies [1].

This was 15+ years ago now but Verizon (and others?) used Flash (because browsers still shipped with support for that in the 2000s) to create an undeletable cookie. This was settled for low 7 figures.

Privacy legislation has advanced a lot since then and the EU doesn't play around with GDPR violations, particularly when it's so egregious. I don't expect a $32B fine or settlement but it won't surprise me if this costs Meta $1B+.

[1]: https://www.propublica.org/article/verizon-to-pay-1.35-milli...