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Goronmon
on May 6, 2011
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Google, Facebook: "do not track" bill a threat to ...
Sites such as a banking site, track user location to help determine whether it's actually you logging in, or some account phisher overseas.
Allowing users to opt-out of such tracking would make those sites less secure.
DrJ
on May 6, 2011
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or it might make it more secure by opt-in to being tracked where you are accessing it from.
Goronmon
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Can you try rewording this? As I'm having zero luck trying to figure out what you meant to say. :(
eddieplan9
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Exactly. I find glorifying user-tracking like that really disgusting.
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Allowing users to opt-out of such tracking would make those sites less secure.