Think Tank's Website Rejects Browser Do-Not-Track Requests

Posted by timothy on Sunday September 30, 2012 @02:34AM from the at-least-the're-telling-you dept.

alphadogg writes "The website for the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) now tells visitors it will not honor their browsers' do-not-track requests as a form of protest against the technology pushed by privacy groups and parts of the U.S. government. The tech-focused think tank on Friday implemented a new website feature that detects whether visitors have do-not-track features enabled in their browsers and tells them their request has been denied. 'Do Not Track is a detrimental policy that undermines the economic foundation of the Internet,' Daniel Castro, senior analyst at the ITIF wrote in a blog post. 'Advertising revenue supports most of the free content, services, and apps available on the Internet.'"

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The internet worked just fine... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-30 02:50 · Score: 2, Funny

The internet (spelled with a small 'i' despite my spell checker) worked just fine before the economic discount-superstore model was imposed upon it in the mid 90s.so if you don't mind ITIF, I'm gonna go start my own internet... with star trek and porn.
Re:Advertizing and privacy are 2 different things by oodaloop · 2012-09-30 03:27 · Score: 4, Funny

Yeah, it's like when it rains on your wedding day.

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Re:Yeah, well.. by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-30 05:34 · Score: 3, Funny

Joke's on you. Nobody gives two shits about your awesome not-caring strategy. Seriously. You are in a tiny minority. Nobody cares.