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The Do-Not-Track header is a perfect solution to this, but unfortunately the largest browser vendor is also the largest advertising network, so the implementati
by TechBro8615 4y ago
The Do-Not-Track header is a perfect solution to this, but unfortunately the largest browser vendor is also the largest advertising network, so the implementation of DNT devolved into a farce.
- johndhi 4y agoYeah.
- astrange 4y agoDNT, like all other configurable browser features (including script blockers), can be used to fingerprint you too.
- loeg 4y agoThe ePD/GDPR are not about technical barriers for bad actors, but about compliance for good actors. Technical mechanisms like DNT would be a reasonable way to get rid of cookie banners while complying with ePD/GDPR.
- lern_too_spel 4y agoIt has nothing to do with the browser vendor being in the ads industry. It's up to the website operator to respect it. If a website operator doesn't like a browser vendor's DNT defaults, it won't respect it, and that is why DNT failed. Regulatory backing could fix it.
- jnky 4y agoI disagree that the "Do-Not-Track header is a perfect solution to this", because it implies that the default (i.e. the header being absent) should allow sites to track you. I (and apparently EU legislators) think opting in to privacy is wrong. You should have privacy by default. If anything, there should be a "Creepily-Track-My-Activity-Over-The-Entire-Internet" header, that, when present, allows tracking. There also used to be another standard called "P3P" that tried to integrate privacy into browser UIs with a more or less standardized interface and that, too, failed. Among other reasons because companies wanting to track people subverted it.