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Cogito on June 7, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: IE10's 'Do-Not-Track' Default Dies Quick Death

What is the situation if a user agent, on installation/upgrade, asks a user to update their DNT status but in doing so defaults to on? The user has to explicitly agree to turning this setting on (as they have to accept the configuration before proceeding), and is able to turn it off, but most people will just click through anyway.

ars on June 7, 2012 [–]

If too many people turn on DNT websites will start ignoring it.

lwat on June 7, 2012 | [–]

Most websites will just ignore it from day 1 anyway.

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