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[ NNSquad ] New "Do Not Track" mediator immediately gets off on the wrong foot
New "Do Not Track" mediator immediately gets off on the wrong foot http://j.mp/SqRmHZ (New York Times) "Mr. Swire, a former chief counselor for privacy at the Office of Management and Budget, said he hoped to strike a balance that was palatable to both sides. He said he viewed a "Do Not Track" system as a kind of digital equivalent to the "Do Not Call" list, a national registry in the United States through which consumers may opt out of phone solicitations." - - - Any faith that Swire will accomplish much is immediately dashed by his using the tired and utterly inaccurate analogy of Do Not Track being like Do Not Call. They are utterly different situations. Do Not Track as currently formulated is an abomination that risks the availability of free Web services while serving no useful privacy-positive purpose. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad