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> Well the better way would have been to honour the browsers 'Do Not Track' headers,

If the GDPR would make ignoring DNT illegal, that would be great. Is there anyone who honours the DNT header?

> Is there anyone who honours the DNT header

Sure - creeps. It distinguishes you from other viewers so is used as another vector to abuse your privacy.

You are right, nobody honoured the DNT headers - it needs legislative action (preferably GPC as it's the better standard).

Apple even pulled support in Safari as pretty much no advertisers were using it to stop tracking, but some advertisers were (ironically) using the header setting for additional fingerprinting.

What is GPC?

https://globalprivacycontrol.github.io/gpc-spec/

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