Do Not Track - the privacy standard that's melting away

I hope this add-on does not "melt away", it is brilliant way to stop trackers.
 
by Mark Stockley on August 26, 2014
 
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Do Not Track, the privacy standard that's supposed to address one of the biggest issues of the 21st century internet - how you control who can track what you're doing online - isn't in the news. Again.
That's no surprise though - despite its importance, Do Not Track hardly ever does anything remarkable or exciting enough to count as actual news.
That doesn't mean it's not there or that things aren't happening, it's just that they happen so slowly it's hard to tell.
Do Not Track, or more specifically the Tracking Preference Expression and Tracking Compliance and Scope specifications, is an internet privacy standard that allows users to signal their preferences for being tracked or not online.
The standard is a mess, an epic farrago unfolding in slow motion. It's unfinished and the subject of fundamental disagreement, but also, strangely, in active use.
 
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