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		MatthewPhillips on Aug 8, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft sticks to its guns, keeps Do Not Track o... Link to the spec? Seems strange that the default would be "track me".

smackfu on Aug 8, 2012 [–]

That's because this whole thing is a bit of a joke. The advertisers will only respect the setting if no one actually selects it.

Torn on Aug 8, 2012 | [–]

Whatever happens the advertisers will lean towards tracking; there's just too much money in behavioural profiling not to.

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