Euroshield
Web and SaaS
compliance tooling
SHOW HN2018
How HN took it
1 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 12 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score -0.53.
Idea: 1 for, 9 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Seen as a quick, easy cover while working on compliance.
From 1 comment
This is pretty appealing. A quick and easy CYA to keep you out of trouble while you work on compliance (or not).
koverda on HN
Objections
Visitors with privacy tools like uMatrix never see the block message.
From 2 comments
>Well, if the user is a begginer-level hacker it will easily be able to bypass the block. Or alternatively, operating uMatrix at default settings. Didn't even see anything.
tscs37 on HNI experienced the same thing. I wonder if this qualifies as "explicitly blocking EU residents", since someone taking privacy measures (like using uMatrix) wouldn't even receive…
willsinclair on HN
Blocking EU visitors may not fully avoid GDPR, since targeting is broadly defined.
From 1 comment
So, yes and no. These approaches to blocking EU visitors do somewhat protect you from having to comply with GDPR. However, "targeting" can mean a lot of things. If you have…
chomp on HN
Loading the external JS may itself require explicit user consent under GDPR.
From 1 comment
Under the GDPR, you'll have to explicitly ask users to agree for their visit data to be shared with euroshield _before_ you load this external JS.
timvdalen on HN
Good data practices are better than blocking users.
From 2 comments
I'm sorry to be mean, but this is as dumb as the rest of this GDPR panic that seems to have swept the less informed parts of the US tech community. GDPR basically means: "Do all…
matthewmacleod on HNNew browser extension idea for people outside the EU: automatically spot sites using tools like this, and put enormous great big warnings all over the page. Seriously, _most_ of…
httptoolkit on HN
Requests
Use a full website proxy instead of external JavaScript.
From 1 comment
I'm going to offer a full website proxy service for a small price so the external JS isn't needed and hopefully these cases can be mitigated. But surely it is dubious (another…
fiatjaf on HN
Questions
Whether non-EU sites face any real enforcement of cookie or GDPR rules.
From 2 comments
Have we seen any actual enforcement of the "cookie law" on non-EU entities (or even on EU entities?) If you're not physically in the EU and run a service platform, could you just…
djsumdog on HN> enforce People keep saying "enforce". That's the wrong word. Enforcement is a last resort. What actually happens is that the regulator writes you a letter asking you to come…
DanBC on HN
Alternatives named
Cloudflare Workers could be used to build a similar blocking app.
From 1 comment
It should be possible soon to build this as a Cloudflare App using Workers, rather than needing to build your own proxy service.
zackbloom on HN