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by sigwinch28 995 days ago
Perhaps some sort of Do-Not-Track HTTP header sent by the user’s browser
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nenaoki 995 days ago
It'd be especially great for a hip and cool corporation with a burgeoning browser to automatically set that header all the time, helping ensure nobody actually listens to it.
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yjftsjthsd-h 994 days ago
If the DNT header is absent by default, websites were happy to assume that it was okay to track users.

If the DNT header were set to "no" by default, websites would be happy to track users.

If the DNT header were set to "yes" by default, websites screamed bloody murder and pretended that it didn't represent user choice.

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LinAGKar 982 days ago
Thus, it needs to be backed by regulation in order to actually work
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