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by inetknght 1738 days ago
> Curious to hear what people think.

How would someone opt-out of being tracked that something's been downloaded?

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This still needs to be added to our docs. A `dnt=1` query param in a download URL is interpreted as an end-user opt-out. We plan to add more forms of opting out based on user feedback. We want to ensure it's low-friction to opt out of tracking.
Why not check the Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control header? Having a query param seems like more friction.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track

Great suggestion, very appreciated. Global privacy control wasn't on my radar but this looks like what we should do. DNT is considered deprecated, at least according to MDN docs.