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0 pointsnenaoki2y ago0 comments

It'd be especially great for a hip and cool corporation with a burgeoning browser to automatically set that header all the time, helping ensure nobody actually listens to it.

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yjftsjthsd-h2y ago

If the DNT header is absent by default, websites were happy to assume that it was okay to track users.

If the DNT header were set to "no" by default, websites would be happy to track users.

If the DNT header were set to "yes" by default, websites screamed bloody murder and pretended that it didn't represent user choice.

LinAGKar2y ago

Thus, it needs to be backed by regulation in order to actually work

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