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FTC Proposes Do Not Track List For the Web

Posted by samzenpus on from the don't-follow dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Federal Trade Commission proposed allowing consumers to opt out of having their online activities tracked on Wednesday as part of the agency's preliminary report on consumer privacy. FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz said he would prefer for the makers of popular web browsers to come up with a setting on their own that would allow consumers to opt out of having their browsing and search habits tracked."

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  1. Booooo!! by mweather · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It should be opt-in.

  2. Standard GUI? by ivucica · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm all for a standard GUI for doing so, but the "other side" (those who do the tracking) must also cooperate by actually observing the setting (no matter how it should be delivered to them; perhaps via HTTP header). If observing it would be mandatory, then hooray; otherwise, meh.

  3. how would it work by penguinbroker · · Score: 4, Insightful

    My brain's a little slow today... how would this work? How would this be enforced? Since when can websites tell exactly who we are (which I am assuming will be required to verify that the user is or is not on the list)?