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If there were legal basis for that header saying "let me use your website without being tracked" and the website owner having to do so, then it would be worth i
by judge2020 5y ago
If there were legal basis for that header saying "let me use your website without being tracked" and the website owner having to do so, then it would be worth it to enable it - but, in practice, having it enabled becomes a fingerprint datapoint, and since 99% of traffic doesn't have it enabled, it becomes a pretty reliable one.
- proactivesvcs 5y agoI leave it enabled out of the principle, and as a data point. Every person who has such a feature enabled is sending a message: we do not want to be tracked. It's a blip in the dark, but you can't stop the signal.
- account42 5y agoI'm much happier with the GDPR idea where tracking is not allowed by default and the website has to obtain informed consent first. Of course in practice the implementations still need to be improved - both through enforcement (many of the consent dialogs are not legal), through additional standards and legislation to require them (you should be able to set your browser to automatically deny all requests) and through continuing to shame companies and individuals for their excessive tracking (at least the consent dialogs tell you about the extend now).