Yahoo, Microsoft spar over default Do Not Track

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I waffled between this going here and in window's security and I settled for here, since it's more privacy than security (though to many myself included the are relatively tied to on-another).

According to Qualys Yahoo has looked at the Do Not track mechanics of IE10 and decided that they would not honor User's Wishes

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Title: Yahoo, Microsoft spar over default Do Not Track

Description: In an effort to boost privacy on the web, Microsoft has

enabled Do Not Track features by default in Internet Explorer 10, the

browser it recently released as part of Windows 8. Citing a need to

customize the user experience and a lack of standardization, however,

Yahoo - still one of the largest properties on the Web, despite recently

declining market share - announced this week that it will not honor that

setting. Privacy advocates are abuzz discussing the implications of the

decision, which is certain to spark an impassioned discussion of the

balance between privacy and user experience on the modern Internet.

Reference:

http://www.ypolicyblog.com/policyblog/2012/10/26/dnt/

http://windows.microsoft.com/is-IS/internet-explorer/ie10-consumer-preview-privacy-statement

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So basically we are offered 'do not track' but some others won't honor it.

Great

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from what i've been reading on Do Not Track, it was always intended as a voluntary, opt-in process for each web site to honour or not..

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So basically we are offered 'do not track' but some others won't honor it.

Great

well, see that's what I read into it too, because if Yahoo can do it then more unsavory sources (or just other jerks) will do it

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$$$

Money always trumps privacy, when it comes to companies greedy for your next dolla.

Holla!!!

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Yahoo wouldn't load on my machine anyways, so whatever they do - I don't Yahoo!

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Like your new avatar. Bright & shiny. Anyway, Yahoo loads fine on mine.

Sometimes, if you fall behind on Flash updates, some websites fail to load.

There are other reasons of course, but Yahoo never has a problem loading on mine, for some reason.

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There is not much privacy to protect once you have agreed to Microsoft EULA's

I was horrified to see that even though I prohibited SilverLight form getting on my machine,

they still dumped on me a EULA which permitted sharing of my data between Microsoft and other unspecified parties,

which presumably includes all web page adverts that use SilverLight.

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They are there to make $$$, not protect your privacy. Didn't you know that? :D

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Sometimes, if you fall behind on Flash updates, some websites fail to load.

They won't load for me because I block them. ;)

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Meh! Who uses yahoo! search, anyway? J/K.