Tell websites to not sell or share my data

wgdev

It would be great if we could choose to sent or not a 'do not track' request by the browser.
https://allaboutdnt.com

Vlad

wgdev this is generally considered obsolete as it is not respected by almost any website.

StefanoL

wgdev you will be more tracked than not using it. As Vlad also replies it’s generally obsolete feature I never turn that feature on

IanHorse

I concur with Vlad. Its misleading to the user to set it, and assume that the site will respect the request.

wgdev

The next question that come in my mind is why does this option exist?

StefanoL

wgdev that’s a good question ?

Vlad

wgdev To fool users into false sense of protection, by mainstream browsers that are all monetized by ads and tracking.

wgdev

Vlad
I understand you however i disagree. I believe that whether if users are fool or not this feature should be available on any browser available for download. Such an implementation won't 'cost' something more in a matter of performance or anywhere else and at the same time orion could 'sell' it as competitive advantage.

This is my opinion. Hope it is respected.
Greetings from Greece!🙂

roadie

maybe not so obsolete anymore :
https://www.vzbv.de/urteile/gericht-untersagt-datenschutzverstoesse-von-linkedin

I vote for sending it by default without making much fuss about it. Or is Orion doing that already? The dnt:1 flag should be set nonetheless even if other means implement the do not track feature. But maybe I misunderstand how it works.

Vlad

roadie This is a welcome change, and it certainly does not cost us anything to send this regardless (not make an option out of it)

tithe-avarice-cowpoke

Add support for Global Privacy Control (GPC) to Orion: https://globalprivacycontrol.org/

GPC is a signal that tells website that you want to opt-out of the sharing/sale of your data.

It is relatively simply to implement, Method 1 is to include the header Sec-GPC: "1" with HTTP requests; Method 2 is to set the navigator.globalPrivacyControl property.

The feature should be available in the settings where it can be toggled on or off.

Vlad

tithe-avarice-cowpoke Are there any websites that respect this? Isn't the user better off with just blocking trackers?

tithe-avarice-cowpoke

Yes, there are several websites that respect it (Netflix, Roku, Verizon to name a few). And the number is growing now that GPC is mandated by California & Texas state law in the US, I am not familiar with GDPR's stance on it.

Users absolutely still need to block trackers but GPC tells companies to not share your data that they collect themselves, which obviously cannot be blocked by an ad blocker otherwise you wouldn't be able to use the service itself.

Vlad

tithe-avarice-cowpoke Why would anyone want to toggle this off?

tithe-avarice-cowpoke

Why would anyone want to toggle this off?

I don't know, Firefox has the option provided as a toggle so that is the reason I proposed the feature be implemented as a toggle. Even though it is illegal under current US laws, I suppose it is possible that a website discriminates against someone with GPC enabled, so that might be a reason it would need to be disabled.