Comment by benjiweber
5 months ago
Something like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track ? Which failed in part because Microsoft turned it on by default which even further disincentivised publishers from respecting it.
5 months ago
Something like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track ? Which failed in part because Microsoft turned it on by default which even further disincentivised publishers from respecting it.
The fix here would be to legally force them to comply with Do Not Track instead of forcing them to post compliant banners
They are not forced to use banners, they are forced to get explicit opt-in permission before tracking users, which can be done in non-obtrusive ways.
Okay, so regard the Do_Not_Track header as explicit opt-out permission
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No your browser can just… choose not to send cookies. The website publisher has no say in that.
Cookies are the easiest way to keep track of a user, but if browsers regularly stop sending cookies then website operators will just find another method to fingerprint users and then we're back to square one with the law still requiring publishers to receive opt-in approval, but with no requirements on how.
> then website operators will just find another method to fingerprint users
Example: The identifier you get when you pass anti-bot challenges (Cloudflare, Anubis, etc).
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