IE 10 and the Do-Not-Track marker
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 8:38 am
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:
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:
I guess NoScript might be OK because of:http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/drafts/tracking-dnt.html#determining wrote: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.
(emphasis by me)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").
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