The "do not track" concept relies on 3rd party decency and you don't have to look much further than the spam in your Inbox to see how well that works. A do-not

The "do not track" concept relies on 3rd party decency and you don't have to look much further than the spam in your Inbox to see how well that works. A do-not-track request is like saying "please don't take my lunch money"; that request would be honored by almost everyone but do you think it would change what a bully does? If you put something valuable in your front yard with a sign that says "property of Joe Smith", sure it might stay there a few hours...but eventually someone will come along and take your property anyway. In the real world you might be able to find witnesses and involve the police to deal with a theft. On the Internet there's nobody to report a "do not track" violation to and no reliable way to punish anyone who simply ignores what you say. The 3rd party doing the tracking can be anyone in the world.