Posted on 04/05/2015 11:21:39 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Redmond is changing the Do Not Track (DNT) browser privacy setting, citing evolving industry standards and the implementation of those standards. DNT will no longer be turned on by default but will still be an option in future versions of Microsoft's browsers, the company said. This includes Microsoft’s new browser, code-name Project Spartan, shipping on all Windows 10 devices, set to arrive this summer.
“While our implementation of DNT two years ago in Internet Explorer 10 (IE 10) was welcomed by many, others voiced concerns, especially given that discussions were underway at the time to establish an industry-wide standard for user tracking Relevant Products/Services preferences,” Bendon Lynch, chief privacy officer at Microsoft, wrote in a blog post. “Since then, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has continued to refine language to address how users express a preference regarding tracking.”
Lynch emphasized the W3C point that, in the absence of user choice, there is no tracking preference expressed. So Microsoft is updating its DNT approach to eliminate any misunderstanding about whether its chosen implementation will comply with the W3C standard. Without this change, Lynch said Webs sites that receive DNT signals from the new browsers could argue that it doesn’t reflect the users’ preferences, and therefore, choose not to honor them.
“As a result, DNT will not be the default state in Windows Express Settings moving forward but we will provide customers with clear information on how to turn this feature on in the browser settings should they wish to do so,” Lynch said. “This change will apply when customers set up a new PC for the first time, as well as when they upgrade from a previous version of Windows or Internet Explorer.”
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I doubt anybody actually pays any attention to it.
I dropped,Microsoft.So no problem,here.
Happy Easter Freeper,
Im certain that duh gubment has a work-around for that.
A likely danger posed by some other mooselim Psychiatrist at Fort Something or Another will be overlooked..but not our browsing habits,
You write like Christopher Walken talks.
Does anyone still actually use Internet Explorer?
Wonder how much Google, et al donated to W3C?
He needs more cowbell, too.
Does anyone give a *^%# about anything Microsoft dies any more?
IMHO, Ghostery does a terrific job of tracking blocking.
But not everybody agrees with me.
Right, and moved to a platform that never had a “do not track” setting.
My two cents worth, Ghostery.
That would be a move for the worse.
The Do Not Track feature sets the browser to include an instruction in every http request for the site not to track you. It's a good thing.
The article is about Microsoft's plans to change the default setting to "off."
Have you sent your NSA dude/ette a box of Easter peeps?
I’m watching The Dead Zone with Walken right now!!
PING for your list
Whew, your safe then. Wish we could all be that smart.
please add me to your ping list.
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You're on and you're welcome!
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