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Re:Why Doesn't Google Comply with Do Not Track? by AnaniasAnanas on Friday December 07, 2018 @04:05PM (#18631654)
> because there are browsers that enable it by default

Can't speak for others but I do not enable it because doing so could lead to me being tracked as the majority has it disabled. This is also the reason that the tor browser also has it disabled.

I am not aware of any popular browsers that enable it by default in this day and age.

Re:Why Doesn't Google Comply with Do Not Track? by dabitude on Friday December 07, 2018 @04:10PM (#18631701)
Re:Why Doesn't Google Comply with Do Not Track? by danShumway on Friday December 07, 2018 @07:42PM (#18633030)
Okay, but:

> On April 3, 2015, Microsoft announced that as of Windows 10, it would comply with the specification and no longer enable Do Not Track as part of the operating system's "Express" default settings, but that the company will "provide customers with clear information on how to turn this feature on in the browser settings should they wish to do so".

So for the specific browsers that do follow the standard, like Edge, Chrome, and Firefox, why doesn't Google respect the flag for those browsers now? I know that Google has the ability to detect which browser I'm using, because they tell me to install Chrome every time I visit their homepage.

I'm seeing IE mentioned all over the place here, but it what it looks like is that one bad actor was just the excuse the advertising industry needed to mass-ignore the setting on every browser, everywhere, regardless of whether or not they violated the standard.

Re:Why Doesn't Google Comply with Do Not Track? by it_can_be_done on Saturday December 08, 2018 @10:34AM (#18635687)
>why doesn't Google respect the flag for those browsers now? They need your data to personalize ads and make money out of it. It's Google's business model. It doesn't matter which browser you are using.