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DNT is considered deprecated in favor of GPC, which has legal backing in places with internet privacy laws. Funnily, Chrome still supports DNT but you need an e
by techjamie 1y ago
DNT is considered deprecated in favor of GPC, which has legal backing in places with internet privacy laws. Funnily, Chrome still supports DNT but you need an extension to send a GPC header. Almost like the advertisement company wouldn't want people enabling legal privacy protections.
- fmajid 1y agoGPC compliance is already the law in California. I don’t know why the EU has been so slow at making it legally binding. That said, existing cookie popups that don’t have “Reject All” as prominently placed as “Accept All” are already illegal but widespread, in no small part due to deliberate sabotage by the Irish DPA, so don’t expect GPC compliance to fare any better until consumer rights associations like NOYB.eu are allowed to initiate direct enforcement actions.
- kuschku 1y agoIn Germany, DNT is legally binding, but GPC is not.
- account42 1y agoSounds like we need browsers to select the correct header based on server IP lol.
- manbitesdog 1y agoPlus, all GPC extensions advertised by the offical GPC pack other unsolicited privacy features and freemium models. I ended up building an extension https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/gpc-enabler/ilknagnpcicckgohjailfooamibaolnj https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/gpc-enabler/ilknagn...
- extraduder_ire 1y agoEU law typically has a lead time of at least two years.