> In the absence of asking consumers what they actually want in regards to tracking...
From the original blog post by MS ... "Since then, we have conducted additional consumer research that confirmed strong support for our "consumer-privacy-first" approach to DNT."
Sounds like that's exactly what they did (asked their users).
> Guess which group is the largest.
The group that you explain what DNT is, and then enables it...
> "How, exactly, are they intending to detect the user's explicit consent via the medium of HTTP headers?"
My understanding is that when shipped (Windows 8 or IE 10), on first run the user is prompted to opt-out of, opt-in, or dismiss DNT. DNT is explained, and is given its own huge screen in the first-run process/dialog.
A set DNT header to 1 (don't track) or 0 (do track) signifies an "explicit" choice was made.
A missing DNT header signifies that user has not set, or has dismissed the option.
*I'm taking some guesses here with the "dismiss" choice. But I'm pretty sure MS pulls up a screen explaining DNT and gives the opt-in/out-out options to the user.
From the original blog post by MS ... "Since then, we have conducted additional consumer research that confirmed strong support for our "consumer-privacy-first" approach to DNT."
Sounds like that's exactly what they did (asked their users).
> Guess which group is the largest.
The group that you explain what DNT is, and then enables it...
> "How, exactly, are they intending to detect the user's explicit consent via the medium of HTTP headers?"
My understanding is that when shipped (Windows 8 or IE 10), on first run the user is prompted to opt-out of, opt-in, or dismiss DNT. DNT is explained, and is given its own huge screen in the first-run process/dialog.
A set DNT header to 1 (don't track) or 0 (do track) signifies an "explicit" choice was made.
A missing DNT header signifies that user has not set, or has dismissed the option.
http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/drafts/tracking-d...
http://www.w3.org/QA/2012/04/the_state_of_do_not_track.html
http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2...
*I'm taking some guesses here with the "dismiss" choice. But I'm pretty sure MS pulls up a screen explaining DNT and gives the opt-in/out-out options to the user.