IE 10 and the Do-Not-Track marker

[dhouwn]

Seems like some people got an issue with IE 10 sending the do-not-track header per default: http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/11/33142 ... y-fielding

It's because them emphasizing how the do-not-track setting should reflect a deliberate decision by the user.
The current draft of the document concerning DNT is also written in this way:

The goal of this protocol is to allow a user to express their personal preference regarding tracking to each server and web application that they communicate with via HTTP […]
Key to that notion of expression is that it must reflect the user's preference, not the choice of some vendor, institution, or network-imposed mechanism outside the user's control. The basic principle is that a tracking preference expression is only transmitted when it reflects a deliberate choice by the user. In the absence of user choice, there is no tracking preference expressed.

I guess NoScript might be OK because of:

For example, a user might select a check-box in their user agent's configuration, install an extension or add-on that is specifically designed to add a tracking preference expression, or make a choice for privacy that then implicitly includes a tracking preference (e.g., "Privacy settings: high").

(emphasis by me)

[Thrawn]

I think that we can safely assume that anyone who installs a tool that blacklists the whole internet by default will want do-not-track by default .