Re: action-231, issue-153 requirements on other software that sets DNT headers from Tamir Israel on 2012-08-22 (public-tracking@w3.org from August 2012)

From: Tamir Israel <tisrael@cippic.ca>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 22:58:03 -0400
To: "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@gbiv.com>
CC: Jeffrey Chester <jeff@democraticmedia.org>, "public-tracking@w3.org (public-tracking@w3.org)" <public-tracking@w3.org>, "Grimmelmann, James" <James.Grimmelmann@nyls.edu>
Message-ID: <50344ABB.6000401@cippic.ca>

Roy, what you're advocating is just this -- you're giving individual 
servers the right to dictate the meaning of standards based on 
subjective (and now seemingly sliding) factors.

Best,
Tamir

On 8/21/2012 10:01 PM, Roy T. Fielding wrote:
> In contrast, giving individual companies the right to dictate
> the meaning of standards, just because this week's dictation
> happens to match your personal preference, is not good for the
> user and will not improve their privacy.

Received on Wednesday, 22 August 2012 02:58:34 UTC