I dunno if the downvotes are deserved. I think you are correct in that the amount of data exfiltrated is limited. But it's still exfiltrated data, and if the u

I dunno if the downvotes are deserved. I think you are correct in that the amount of data exfiltrated is limited. But it's still exfiltrated data, and if the user was given the choice they would almost certainly choose to block such requests. Further, it strikes me that such trackers engaging in this behavior are knowingly subverting user wishes. Which is sort of demonstrating bad faith. I believe attempting to demonstrate the bad faith of tracking companies was a motivator for the DNT flag. They slithered out of that issue by arguing that because people were setting it as default, users didn't effectively consent to not being tracked. This case seems more clear, where they are subverting anti tracking plugins.