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Re:EU privacy agency urges more safeguards to curb U.S. tech... by teeray on Friday February 12, 2021 @12:31PM (#26116146)
It’s so irritating that this can’t be an HTTP header. Then again, we probably have the failure of DNT to thank for that.
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Re:EU privacy agency urges more safeguards to curb U.S. tech... by colejohnson66 on Friday February 12, 2021 @01:13PM (#26116638)
The problem was the DNT was optional, so there was no legal method to force a website to obey it.
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