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by kovar 5516 days ago
I found the most interesting part of this article the following quote: "... and would make them more vulnerable to security threats." Allowing users to opt out of tracking increases their security threat? I'd like to see more detail on this.
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Sites such as a banking site, track user location to help determine whether it's actually you logging in, or some account phisher overseas.

Allowing users to opt-out of such tracking would make those sites less secure.

or it might make it more secure by opt-in to being tracked where you are accessing it from.
Can you try rewording this? As I'm having zero luck trying to figure out what you meant to say. :(
Exactly. I find glorifying user-tracking like that really disgusting.