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Hi, the exact wording on the poll was "If given the option, I would prefer not to be tracked online." The reason why I didn't define "tracked" for the people
by jhpacker 3y ago
Hi, the exact wording on the poll was
"If given the option, I would prefer not to be tracked online."
The reason why I didn't define "tracked" for the people taking the poll is that I think that's the most representative way to replicate the question that consent boxes are theoretical asking, but in an abstract way out of the context of a specific website. When a user sees that consent box, they have little to no idea of what tracking is actually happening.
- phendrenad2 3y agoHmm, I guess that's a good rationale, but unfortunately it's still useless. I believe that websites adopted the simplistic "don't track me" language because they want to appear to be embracing the law. I've asked a lot of people (> 100) what it means to them to be "tracked" and they have no idea what it means, but they're afraid of whatever it means.