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In my view "DNT" just increases the ability to track you.
by threatofrain 8y ago
In my view "DNT" just increases the ability to track you.
- olliej 8y agoYou would be correct.
- 51lver 8y agoIt's not about blocking trackers. It's about sending a message...
- cpburns2009 8y agoExcept this message is largely ignored by everyone, Joker. I like the idea of not being tracked. Realistically without any legal weight behind it it was bound to be a no-op. It's comparable to fragile markings on packages to shippers.
- mirimir 8y agoYes, and messages make one more unique, no?
- oehpr 8y agoSo... I feel like this point doesn't get made enough. And I've always been confused about that. Maybe I'm just reading the wrong articles, but the only place I can ever find someone pointing out that this only serves to increase user fingerprints is in communal discussions like HN, and rarely, and somewhere down the list. I can't ever seem to find it in articles. Here's an article actively criticizing the DNT flag: https://gizmodo.com/do-not-track-the-privacy-tool-used-by-millions-of-peop-1828868324 https://gizmodo.com/do-not-track-the-privacy-tool-used-by-mi... and it doesn't mention the fact that DNT enhances your fingerprint. But look: https://panopticlick.eff.org/ https://panopticlick.eff.org/ even the EFF's own fingerprinting analysis tool recognizes that the DNT enhances your fingerprint. And yet they themselves proposed another DNT standard! https://www.eff.org/dnt-policy https://www.eff.org/dnt-policy