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by scythe 5439 days ago
>not all tracking is evil.

Tracking isn't evil. Tracking people who specifically do not want to be tracked is evil.

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that is true. they knew that some users block all third party cookies and they still wanted to track them, hence using Etag
What if I specifically don't want you on my website if you won't let me track you? You're using technology to circumvent me (adblock), why can't I use technology to circumvent your wishes (evercookie et. al.)?
You can specifically disallow such people from viewing your website, without being evil.
You mean, people who take unfair^ advantage of freemium services?

  ^ according to jscheel's assessment of fair trade