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Do-Not-Track has been designed to represent the explicit choice of the user to not be tracked. As per the DNT[1] draft : 6.2. User Interface RECOMMENDED A
by Monkeyget 14y ago
Do-Not-Track has been designed to represent the explicit choice of the user to not be tracked.
As per the DNT[1] draft :
6.2. User Interface RECOMMENDED
A user agent that implements Do Not Track SHOULD provide a user interface
for modifying preferences. The user interface design is left to the
user agent.
6.3. Default
A user agent MAY adopt NO-EXPRESSED-PREFERENCE or OPT-OUT by default.
It MUST NOT transmit OPT-IN without explicit user consent.
Another important aspect, that I don't see mentioned much, is that DNT is only supposed to prevent third-party tracking. First-party remains unaffected.
[1] http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mayer-do-not-track-00 http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mayer-do-not-track-00
- abalone 14y agoUh.. doesn't it say OPT-OUT is an acceptable browser default?
- scotty79 14y agoYes. Also defaults matter. Countries that have opt-in default on organ donations have at most around 30% of consent. Those that have opt-out have above 90% consent. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/archives/11953 http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/archives/11953 Basically Mozilla is saying: "It your decision to not be tracked." and thinking "But we think you should allow everyone to track you if you don't mind that much."