Twitter abandons 'Do Not Track' privacy protection

Re:Twitter abandons 'Do Not Track' privacy protection by jasonkostempski on Friday May 19, 2017 @03:02PM (#14378462)

I'm very conscious of tracking and I've never bothered to check that box. It doesn't do what it's supposed to and adds another data point for fingerprinting. This and that cookie notification thing should just go away.

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Re:Twitter abandons 'Do Not Track' privacy protection by djrogers on Friday May 19, 2017 @06:34PM (#14379839)

It's a data point for fingerprinting wether you have it on or not. The only way to avoid that would be to randomize it's value.

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Re:Twitter abandons 'Do Not Track' privacy protection by jasonkostempski on Sunday May 21, 2017 @03:01PM (#14388632)

I know that :) I was saying there's now a new standard who's only useful functionality is to increase finger printing data points.

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Re:Twitter abandons 'Do Not Track' privacy protection by taejo on Saturday May 20, 2017 @01:12PM (#14383320)

Since more people have it off than on, the information content of leaving it off is much less than turning it on.

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