Ori,
> we are making use of the header that we think is consistent with the
> expectation of users
based on what evidence?
I’ve seen a single reference cited in this thread pointing to a study that
candidly declares in its abstract:
“Because Do Not Track is so new, as far as we know this is the first
scholarship on this topic. This paper has been neither presented nor published.
“ [1]
The ample and representative sample considered by the EFF is well captured at
the beginning of this statement:
“Intuitively, users who we’ve talked to want Do Not Track to provide meaningful
limits on collection and retention of data.”
Nobody is questioning the need to be transparent to our users about what data
we’re collecting, how long this data is retained and what it’s being used for.
But I see a thread full of handwaving statements about “what users really
want”, in contrast to a pretty straightforward truth that nobody who
participated in this thread would challenge:
> which departs from the standard in a significant way.
I don’t see myself blessing a proposal that represents “a significant departure
from the standard” and I’d love to see more substantial evidence on user
expectations to justify this.
Dario
[1] http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1993133
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1993133>
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