Mozilla is removing Do Not Track from Firefox in version 135, the first major browser to add and now remove it, saying few websites honor the privacy preference
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Venkat / Windows Report: Mozilla is removing the “Do Not Track” feature from Firefox in version 135, the first major browser to do so, saying few websites honor the preference  —  Will Chrome, Edge, and Other Privacy-Focused Browsers follow this move?  —  Mozilla is removing the Do Not Track (DNT) setting from the Firefox browser.

  • drkt@scribe.disroot.orgEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    That’s all there is to it. Websites are not legally required to care about it, and we’ve been proven that they don’t with GDPR because in an ideal world they would see your DNT header and not even ask. It is literally just an extra bit of information that can track you and it serves no purpose.