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A comment on "Do Not Track" HTTP header supported by IE, Opera, FF, Safari but not Chrome. Parent comment

Re:"Do Not Track" HTTP header supported by IE, Opera, FF, Sa... by waterlesscloud on Sunday May 20, 2012 @08:31PM (#4000709)
It enables social pressure on sites to honor it.

Once it exists, sites can be forced to explain why they don't obey the users' express wishes.

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Re:"Do Not Track" HTTP header supported by IE, Opera, FF, Sa... by throwaway55-33 on Sunday May 20, 2012 @09:15PM (#4000836)
Not only social pressure, but perhaps legal pressure too.
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