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"you are expressing your desire to not be tracked." Yes. And I think this is important. For example, for cases brought by the FTC, class actions, and other l
by throwaway55-33 14y ago
"you are expressing your desire to not be tracked."
Yes. And I think this is important. For example, for cases brought by the FTC, class actions, and other litigation it might be useful.
If a company ignores the Header sent by the user and tracks her anyway, then one could argue the company too has expressed an intent.
The Header is machine readable like any other. A server can parse it and take a specific action based on its presence or absence. Arguably it does have technical merit.