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PufPufPufyesterday at 7:52 PM3 repliesview on HN

This is set up for the same fate as DNT in browsers. Collecting all the "do not track" env vars into a single "do_not_track.env" file, however, may not be a bad idea...


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whitlockyesterday at 8:08 PM

https://toptout.me - exists and handles a lot of these problems, if not looking to create a new wheel.

Though if you just want a simple ENV var that handles this WHILE honoring the specification on this page: https://github.com/alloydwhitlock/do-not-track-cli

LocalHyesterday at 8:04 PM

Advertisers chose to ignore DNT because they claimed Microsoft making DNT enabled by default took agency away from the user. In reality, they probably weren't going to honor it anyway.

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whitlockyesterday at 8:00 PM

Love it. This is an annoying problem and likely the actual solution than asking folks to use a universal one. I'll put something together as a starting point.