What need is that? Bad people with malicious intentions exist: therefore, remove something that functions properly. DNT is not shilled by some privately-owned

What need is that? Bad people with malicious intentions exist: therefore, remove something that functions properly. DNT is not shilled by some privately-owned company that claims it will somehow, "Make users invisible online for the low, low price of (money)!" Instead, it is simply an HTTP header that some (many) websites ignore, or outright maliciously exploit for personal gain. Computer Operating systems are not "false advertising" simply because certain programmers ignore standard practices outlined by the maintainers. It is not the fault of an Operating System if programmers refuse to adhere to the documentation on how something should be implemented. It's certainly not a sensible justification for Operating Systems "needing to go", just because people write bad or malicious software to abuse an OS's weaknesses. To be clear, I am hardly saying DNT is a good option, precisely because so many websites have ignored or abused it in the past. I am simply saying DNT should be an option, and that it should be one that is enabled by default. >If you can find someone and successfuly sue them for not honoring it great - but you still need to do a lot more (sue many others in many countries). If DNT is removed as being an option, what need would there be for such a law to be created in the first place? You said you support the idea of a law being made - shouldn't you be for DNT remaining, then? I hope that doesn't mischaracterize your point but it's a little confusing, it sounds like you're saying you: support the premise of DNT, want a law to enforce DNT...and you don't want DNT as a configuration option in Firefox.