The company opted to ignore the Do Not Track setting on Web browsers ... other Internet behemoths, including Google and Yahoo, have publicly confirmed that they also ignore Do Not TrackAm I the only one bothered by the silliness of "Do Not Track"? Or even worse, the EU cookie law?
You have a browser that leaks all kinds of info[1] about itself, tells everyone where you came from (sends referral), takes cookies from strangers like an untrained dog, making you uniquely identifiable and instead of fixing that, you ask everyone on the web to please disregard that info your browser just volunteered. How is that not completely backwards?
AdBlock, RefControl, and Disconnect, or their equivalents should be built into modern browsers. And maybe do something about the user agent, fonts, etc, too?
Don't educate users. Fix it.
[1] https://panopticlick.eff.org/
Am I the only one bothered by the silliness of "Do Not Track"? Or even worse, the EU cookie law?
You have a browser that leaks all kinds of info[1] about itself, tells everyone where you came from (sends referral), takes cookies from strangers like an untrained dog, making you uniquely identifiable and instead of fixing that, you ask everyone on the web to please disregard that info your browser just volunteered. How is that not completely backwards?
AdBlock, RefControl, and Disconnect, or their equivalents should be built into modern browsers. And maybe do something about the user agent, fonts, etc, too?
Don't educate users. Fix it.
[1] https://panopticlick.eff.org/