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More context: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout Extensions for all the major browsers. I mean to give credit,
by r0m4n0 5y ago
More context: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Extensions for all the major browsers.
I mean to give credit, it’s hard to provide a universal opt out as it can’t be buried in account settings in some profile somewhere (the end user may not have a google account). Technically speaking, how do you opt out of something that is both invisible and universal?
Disclaimer: googler but opinions are my own
- shakna 5y ago> I mean to give credit, it’s hard to provide a universal opt out as it can’t be buried in account settings in some profile somewhere (the end user may not have a google account). Technically speaking, how do you opt out of something that is both invisible and universal? Respect the Do-Not-Track HTTP header and never generate the return response.
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- shakna 5y ago> DNT is no longer a standard Because Google refused to adopt it. Because they don't want an easy and simple opt-out. As Google lobbied to kill the bill to give DNT regulatory teeth, and then joined the DNT committee and stalled it out until it died, I fully expect them to undercut the GPC.
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