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I've given up on technological solutions to this. We need a "do not track" bit for browsers and it needs to carry the weight of law behind it. Violators need to
by titzer 8y ago
I've given up on technological solutions to this. We need a "do not track" bit for browsers and it needs to carry the weight of law behind it. Violators need to be named, shamed, and fined.
- paulryanrogers 8y agoWith robust enforcement. Otherwise it's a technical cat and mouse game, and few large players are on the users' side. EDIT: typo
- gregw134 8y agoIronically, the do not track setting itself can be used in browser fingerprinting.
- 55555 8y agoIn fact, it is _primarily_ used as a point of entropy for tracking, and does almost nothing to prevent tracking, so all-in-all it's a huge net negative. And because it's mostly turned off, turning it on to be tracked less actually causes you to be tracked more.
- titzer 8y agoExactly, this is why it needs the force of law behind it.