- From: Matthias Schunter (Intel Corporation) <mts-std@schunter.org>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:29:22 +0100
- To: "public-tracking@w3.org (public-tracking@w3.org)" <public-tracking@w3.org>
Received on Monday, 21 January 2013 13:29:46 UTC
Hi DNT Team, The following issue is still open: - ISSUE-176: Requirements on intermediaries/isps and header insertion that might affect tracking http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/issues/176 I believe that we discussed this issue earlier and our spec currently contains this text: > An HTTP intermediary /must not/ add, delete, or modify the DNT header > field in requests forwarded through that intermediary unless that > intermediary has been specifically installed or configured to do so by > the user making the requests. For example, an Internet Service > Provider /must not/ inject "DNT: 1" on behalf of all of their users > who have not expressed a preference. I believe that this statement is too strong. I suggest to augment it along the line of "If an intermediary wants to add, delete, or otherwise modify any DNT information, it needs to satisfy the constraints for user agents put forward in this document." This would permit tools to change the information as long as they ensure that the resulting values, e.g., still reflect user preference. It also allows to add DNT support in an intermediary or OS as long as the requirements that we described are met. Opinions? Regards, matthias
Received on Monday, 21 January 2013 13:29:46 UTC