Microsoft was warned that its decision to enable Do Not Track (DNT) by default in Windows 8's Internet Explorer 10 would encourage web content providers to ignore the request to keep advertisers from following user's movements around the web, and those predictions are becoming very true. Yahoo has just published its thoughts on the matter, and in the blog post says that it "will not recognize IE10’s default DNT signal on Yahoo! properties at this time." The company cites that the DNT standard has not been finalized, and that Microsoft's decision "degrades the experience for the majority of users and makes it hard to deliver on our value proposition to them."
Yahoo is quick to point out that 'In principle, we support "Do Not Track,'"...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/26/3560470/yahoo-ignores-internet-explorer-10-do-not-track-default
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