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- Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 15:05:29 +0000
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tracking-ISSUE-185 (WebWide Not): There should not be an API for web-wide exceptions [Tracking Preference Expression (DNT)] http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/issues/185 Raised by: Mike O'Neill On product: Tracking Preference Expression (DNT) We should not have a "silent" web-wide exception API, to accompany the suggested site-wide one. As there is now no safety check UI for the site-wide API ,or potential for one as it is now synchronous, it would be very easy for a 1st party site to maliciously or accidentally set a web-wide API, without the user being informed. I agree that new site-wide API is a good idea, as it will be simpler to implement and does not have the problem of bombarding users with exception dialogs, but it would be a bad idea to project this onto the web-wide one. I therefore suggest we either remove the web-wide API or insist that it is implemented as it was before, with a browser UI informing the user and getting agreement.
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