Re: ACTION-212: Draft text on how user agents must obtain consent to turn on a DNT signal

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
>
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