DuckDuckGo Warns that Google Does Not Respect 'Do Not Track' Browser Setting (spreadprivacy.com)

Posted by msmash on Tuesday February 5, 2019 @05:30AM from the how-about-that dept.

DuckDuckGo cautions internet users that companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter, do not respect the "Do Not Track" setting on web browsers. From a report: According to DuckDuckGo's research, over 77% of US adults are not aware of that fact. The "Do Not Track" (DNT) setting on browsers sends signals to web services to stop tracking a user's activity. However, the DNT setting is only a voluntary signal which websites are not obligated to respect. "It can be alarming to realize that Do Not Track is about as foolproof as putting a sign on your front lawn that says "Please, don't look into my house" while all of your blinds remain open."

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Re: I'm going to have to believe Google on this on by mcarp · 2019-02-05 07:15 · Score: 5, Informative

You forgot, Google took away the don't be evil motto
Re:Advertising by ljw1004 · 2019-02-05 08:08 · Score: 4, Informative

Ads are a blight on our cities. And even the countryside. Miles and miles of billboards along roads. It's disgusting.
From Ogden Nash, apparently 1932 https://www.newyorker.com/maga...

I think that I shall never see
a billboard lovely as a tree.
Perhaps, unless the billboards fall,
I'll never see a tree at all.