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by blargmachine 811 days ago
I checked their privacy page:

>>Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy notice.<<

Besides of the grey-on-grey, I am aware they probably just copy pasted something. Still, I take them by their word.

I don't want to have business with someone who says things like this

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That does feel really weird... "There's no exactly defined standard for how to not track you, so we're just going to track you anyway"
Even worse,

> If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future

"we will track you until there is regulatory obligation not to"

The person who wrote this was terrible at marketing spin. But uh, it's good that they are at least open about it, maybe?

There's also the implied "we know this is essentially a standard and there are documented ways to receive the signal from the 2+ main browsers that everyone uses, because we called it by name"

I too believe it's likely just copypasta because this is everywhere, but until changed it is still their official stance soooo....

What would not tracking mean? Is tracking whether someone is logged in or not tracking? Should a DNT header from the browser prevent the site from letting people log in? Some browsers send the header automatically. Should anyone using one of those browsers be unable to use the site?