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Isn't that the point of the `DNT` header: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track ? If I set it on my web browser,
by rmc 6y ago
Isn't that the point of the `DNT` header: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track ? If I set it on my web browser, I'm telling web server that I do not consent to being tracked. So they shouldn't ask?
- Technetium 6y agoUnfortunately DNT is dead in the water, and has been for some time now. You are likely making it that much easier for yourself to be tracked because so few people go out of their way to turn that on anymore. An excerpt from the Tracking Protection Working Group mailing list[1]: "the TPWG working group then decided at the W3C technical plenary on 2019-10-24 to close down". Further than this, the corporations that are tracking us actively would like you tell you they don't care about DNT, and they've no obligation to respect any DNT user[2]: "The DAA does not require companies to honor DNT signals fixed by the browser manufacturers and set by them in browsers. Specifically, it is not a DAA Principle or in any way a requirement under the DAA Program to honor a DNT signal that is automatically set in IE10 or any other browser." This is point blank saying that DNT may as well be used as another way for you to be tracked, from one of the biggest places for advertising online. This is an international discussion; it's not just companies in the US[3] that feel this way either. [1] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tracking/2018Oct/0000.html https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tracking/2018Oct... [2] https://digitaladvertisingalliance.org/press-release/digital-advertising-alliance-gives-guidance-marketers-microsoft-ie10-%E2%80%98do-not-track%E2%80%99 https://digitaladvertisingalliance.org/press-release/digital... [3] https://youradchoices.com/participating https://youradchoices.com/participating