https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53845
--- Comment #7 from Jonathan Mayer <[email protected]> --- Contrary to Roy Fielding's frequent and vocal assertions, the W3C Tracking Protection Working Group has *not* decided that a browser with a preselected first-run option is noncompliant, nor has it decided that a website may ignore a well-formed "DNT" header from a noncompliant user agent. The Working Group had an in-depth call about browser settings on June 6. Minutes: http://www.w3.org/2012/06/06-dnt-minutes Summary: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tracking/2012Jun/0110.html Quoting directly from Co-Chair Aleecia McDonald's summary: > (1) Today we reaffirmed the group consensus that a user agent MUST NOT set a > default of DNT:1 or DNT:0, unless the act of selecting that user agent is > itself a choice that expresses the user's preference for privacy. In all > cases, a DNT signal MUST be an expression of a user's preference. > . . . > Implication A: Microsoft IE [10 Beta, not Release], as a general purpose user > agent, will not be able to claim compliance with DNT once we have a published > W3C Recommendation. As a practical matter they can continue their current > default settings, since DNT is a voluntary standard in the first place. But > if they claim to comply with the W3C Recommendation and do not, that is a > matter the FTC (and others) can enforce. > . . . > (3) Today we discussed, but did not agree upon, what role the specification > does or does not have in dealing with a non-compliant user agent. We still > have more to talk about here to make sure we all understand the full decision > space. Apple's David Singer, an Editor, phrased the distinction between a first-run option and a silent default quite well: > . . . I take 'default' to mean what happens if you don't do anything. If it > asks every user on install/first-use, then every user is expressing a > preference, and there is no 'default'. The most that there can be is a > suggestion, or an initially checked box, suggesting that the user take a > certain choice or direction, but it's no longer a 'default' . . . . Justin Brookman from the Center for Democracy and Technology, another Editor, has helpfully summarized where the draft text stands on the released version of Internet Explorer 10: > It is inaccurate to say that IE10's implementation is inconsistent with the > spec . . . . The Windows flow presents information about DNT along with > several other options; as an opt-in flow, you could argue that DNT should be > called out more prominently, but I have seen a lot worse. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
