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Yahoo Will Ignore IE 10's "Do Not Track"

Posted by timothy on from the tsa-logic dept.

dsinc writes "And so it begins... Yahoo has made it official: it won't honor the Do Not Track request issued by Internet Explorer 10. Their justification? '[T]he DNT signal from IE10 doesn't express user intent" and "DNT can be easily abused.'" Wonder what percentage of users would rather be tracked by default.

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  1. Why not? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Even Apache doesn't honor DNT if it has been issued by IE10

    http://www.pcworld.com/article/262150/apache_web_servers_will_ignore_ie10s_do_not_track_settings.html

  2. Re:Shocking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    That is a VERY recent change to the standard which was put in AFTER MS gave users an option which was well within the standard. Advertisers realised they would be fucked so they changed the standard.

  3. Re:Shocking by TrueSpeed · · Score: 5, Informative

    Verizon must operate in a non civilised world then. Verizon proactively collects and sells your information unless you log into their portal and turn off the service - providing you can find it. And Verizon isn't the only one - they all do it. Why would any company turn down such as easy way to make money that requires virtually no effort on their part.