- From: Nicholas Doty <npdoty@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:37:35 -0400
- To: Lauren Gelman <gelman@blurryedge.com>
- Cc: David Singer <singer@apple.com>, "public-tracking@w3.org (public-tracking@w3.org)" <public-tracking@w3.org>
On Apr 9, 2012, at 7:18 PM, Lauren Gelman wrote: >> I agree that this depends on UAs being willing to implement this JavaScript API, manage the client-side state and potentially create new UI. > > Nick-- Maybe this is too simple a question, but if browsers do not do it, can third parties (like a browser plug-in) do it? Can they access the API stream to provide a one-stop shop for managing site specific and web wide exceptions (and out-of band ones as well, though not from the API). Yes, browser extensions and plug-ins are definitely candidates to implement Do Not Track on the browser side, including user-granted exceptions handling. I think, though I haven't confirmed, that most of the browser's plug-in APIs will provide enough hooks for third parties to build complete implementations as extensions. I think many of us hope that browser vendors themselves will implement a Do Not Track option and so knowing whether they are likely to implement these features is still useful for us. Thanks, Nick
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