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Can we get the do-not-track header instead? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track Because that made more sense

Can we get the do-not-track header instead? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track Because that made more sense than the cookie banner ever did. Edit: it looks like there is a legal alternative now: Global Privacy Control.

stavros 1y ago
Instead of what? Instead of the central browser controls?
- weberer 1y ago
  >Instead of what? Instead of a different cookie pop-up on every single site you visit >Instead of the central browser controls? This is the central browser control. The header is how the browser communicates it to the websites.
  - stavros 1y ago
    This very article is about how we're getting a central browser control, and your comment was "can we finally get a central browser control instead?".
    - phendrenad2 1y ago
      Well, it's a minor details hidden in the middle of the article, I also missed it.
      - stavros 1y ago
        But the person weberer replied to was quoting the exact place.
        amelius 1y ago
        whoops, didn't read the entire quote ...
arielcostas 1y ago
Or a new, opt-in "Do-Track" that means consent to tracking, and anything else means tracking is not allowed. Why should it opt-out?
- whstl 1y ago
  As long as there is Do-Not-Track as well, and companies must follow BOTH, this would be ok by me. But this one alone opens the door to behavior similar to tracking cookies, where accepting all was easy and not accepting was hard af.
  - zelphirkalt 1y ago
    I can already hear big tech explaining to me, that not sending the do-not-track header must mean do-track obviously, and that I am wrong, when I complain about missing consent. And I can already see the people who have been gaslit sufficiently to believe this stuff.
zelphirkalt 1y ago
Oh, but you see, this can impossibly be interpreted as not consenting to our specific tracking. Surely users mostly clicked this accidentally. I mean why would they block our tracking? It's all for a better user experience... /s _Company goes on to put tutorial about disabling the do-not-track header on their website._

stavros 1y ago

Instead of what? Instead of the central browser controls?

weberer 1y ago
>Instead of what? Instead of a different cookie pop-up on every single site you visit >Instead of the central browser controls? This is the central browser control. The header is how the browser communicates it to the websites.
- stavros 1y ago
  This very article is about how we're getting a central browser control, and your comment was "can we finally get a central browser control instead?".
  - phendrenad2 1y ago
    Well, it's a minor details hidden in the middle of the article, I also missed it.
    - stavros 1y ago
      But the person weberer replied to was quoting the exact place.
      - amelius 1y ago
        whoops, didn't read the entire quote ...

arielcostas 1y ago

Or a new, opt-in "Do-Track" that means consent to tracking, and anything else means tracking is not allowed. Why should it opt-out?

whstl 1y ago
As long as there is Do-Not-Track as well, and companies must follow BOTH, this would be ok by me. But this one alone opens the door to behavior similar to tracking cookies, where accepting all was easy and not accepting was hard af.
- zelphirkalt 1y ago
  I can already hear big tech explaining to me, that not sending the do-not-track header must mean do-track obviously, and that I am wrong, when I complain about missing consent. And I can already see the people who have been gaslit sufficiently to believe this stuff.

zelphirkalt 1y ago

Oh, but you see, this can impossibly be interpreted as not consenting to our specific tracking. Surely users mostly clicked this accidentally. I mean why would they block our tracking? It's all for a better user experience... /s _Company goes on to put tutorial about disabling the do-not-track header on their website._