> That's about as naive as the Do-Not-Track header, which was basically kindly asking companies whose entire business is tracking people to just not do that thing that they got paid for.
It's usually a bad default to assume incompetence on the part of others, especially when many experienced and knowledgeable people have to be involved to make a thing happen.
The idea behind the DNT header was to back it up with legislation-- and sure you can't catch and prosecute all tracking, but there are limitations on the scale of criminal move fast and break things before someone rats you out. :P
It's usually a bad default to assume incompetence on the part of others, especially when many experienced and knowledgeable people have to be involved to make a thing happen.
The idea behind the DNT header was to back it up with legislation-- and sure you can't catch and prosecute all tracking, but there are limitations on the scale of criminal move fast and break things before someone rats you out. :P