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Mozilla Proposes 'Do Not Track' HTTP Header

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the yeah-we-promise dept.

MozTrack writes "The emergence of data mining by third party advertisers has caused a national debate from privacy experts, lawmakers and browser supporters. Mozilla's Firefox, a popular browser company, has proposed a new feature that will prevent people's personal information from getting mined and sold for advertising. The feature would allow users to set a browser preference that will broadcast their desire to opt-out of third party, advertising-based tracking. It would do this via a 'Do Not Track' HTTP header with every click or page view in Firefox."

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  1. WAT? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Mozilla's Firefox, a popular browser company"

  2. Re:Right... by Pojut · · Score: 2, Funny

    Confident, even!

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  3. RFC 3514 by barko192 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Basic idea seems the same, right? http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3514.html

  4. Don't track me bro by Culture20 · · Score: 3, Funny

    The "don't tase me bro" kid got tased anyway.

  5. Re:Pointless by Pojut · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can hear the board meeting now.

    "Well sir, our numbers indicate fourty-six million people out there are using the "do not track" header...we think that's a great base to start our 'Tired of Being Targeted?' ad campaign..."

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  6. Re:Why bother by TheEyes · · Score: 3, Funny

    What would be the point. It isn't enforceable and even if laws were passed, you can circumvent it by tracking from an offshore server.

    Sure. As long as you don't want to do business in the US.

    People still do business in the US?