- From: Alan Chapell <achapell@chapellassociates.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:45:31 -0500
- To: Joseph Lorenzo Hall <joe@cdt.org>, Justin Brookman <justin@cdt.org>
- CC: <public-tracking@w3.org>
Thanks Joe. Here's the issue I'm trying to get at. I don't know of a single UA that describes DNT completely or accurately as of today. And when I complained about this issue and default browser settings at the F2F in Redmond, Justin responded with the not particularly helpful advice that I should "just go sue MSFT" If you have a suggestion that seems less prescriptive but that gets at the core issue I'm trying to address, I'm all ears... On 11/13/12 3:54 PM, "Joseph Lorenzo Hall" <joe@cdt.org> wrote: > >On 11/13/12 2:06 PM, Justin Brookman wrote: >> >> I leave it to others to opine as to whether it is even possible for all >> user agents to monitor all other user agents' configuration of DNT >> settings and confirm those choices with a user, but again it sounds >> burdensome and prescriptive. Would that confirmation also require >> disclosure about the potential negative consequences of choosing to turn >> on DNT? > >Despite the fact Justin is my boss, I want to emphasize and reiterate >that this (the proposed language from David) is not a good idea and >seems exceedingly prescriptive for UAs in this forum to have to >incorporate some nebulous "keep DNT signal honest" technical mechanism. >It should be about the protocol, the exchange, exceptions and what it >takes to be considered compliant. > >best, Joe > >-- >Joseph Lorenzo Hall >Senior Staff Technologist >Center for Democracy & Technology >1634 I ST NW STE 1100 >Washington DC 20006-4011 >(p) 202-407-8825 >(f) 202-637-0968 >joe@cdt.org > > >
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