Re: Some half-baked thoughts about cookies.

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In message <CAKXHy=fU4odq4Khtbxk-c+D+hkaCnJyUbEPmk8PiRN+jfND_uw@mail.gmail.com>
, Mike West writes:

>> But we are not seing this with DNT or private browsing mode, are we ?
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>We are. Visit the Boston Globe in private mode, [...]

Works for me, but that's maybe because I'm in GDPR-land ?

>You would think that, wouldn't you. My impression is that that's not
>exactly how it's playing out.

I still think we should let clients set the "ephemeral" bit as appropriate.

If servers react negatively to that, they automatically self-declare
as not respecting the clients desire for privacy, and that seems
the best outcome:  It leaves the initiative with the client who
gets to decide if they want to be tracked or want to boycott the
sites that do so.

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Received on Monday, 27 August 2018 11:57:48 UTC