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Re:EFF, AdBlock and Others Launch New “Do Not Track” Standard by dogma1138 on Monday August 03, 2015 @03:05PM (#9998942)
The problem is that DNT isn't verifiable DNT should be done in browser and in the original website by not loading the tracking scripts at all.

ATM how it goes is that the DNT header is attached to outgoing requests and you "hope" that the 3rd party is discarding them.

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Re:EFF, AdBlock and Others Launch New “Do Not Track” Standard by allendoerfer on Monday August 03, 2015 @07:16PM (#10000542)
You do know, that you do not need a dedicated tracking script to track you serverside?
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Re:EFF, AdBlock and Others Launch New “Do Not Track” Standard by dogma1138 on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @12:15PM (#10004343)
Eh? they know that some one accessed resource X from IP address Y that's not tracking.
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Re:EFF, AdBlock and Others Launch New “Do Not Track” Standard by seba_dos1 on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @02:05PM (#10005119)
They know that someone accessed resource X from IP address Y from browser Z with language preferences A, encoding preferences B, SSL cipher suites C (when https is used), DNT preferences D, sometimes also protocol support E (when upgrading to SPDY or HTTP/2.0), having a TCP/IP fingerprint of OS F. I guess I still haven't covered it all.
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Re:EFF, AdBlock and Others Launch New “Do Not Track” Standard by seba_dos1 on Monday August 03, 2015 @08:04PM (#10000793)
Exactly, that's the sole purpose and that's how DNT works. It's nothing more than a voice "I don't wish to be tracked" and an expectation to be listened to.
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