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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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