[x-pubpol] Lauren Weinstein on Do-Not-Track

[Joly MacFie]

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             http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000994.html

Meanwhile, regulators in Europe jumped the shark completely, imposing
> a useless requirement that sites display a "will you accept our
> cookies?" banner that won't go away unless you accept the cookie that
> holds the status of your choice regarding whether you will or won't
> accept cookies!  Huh?  Say what?



>
> Yep, you have to accept a cookie to reject the cookies, and if you
> don't accept any cookies, you'll usually keep seeing that banner query
> every time you visit the sites, and in some cases can't even get
> deeper into the sites at all.



>
> Welcome to Bozo Web!  Let's see how many Web regulators pop out of
> that teeny, tiny car in the center ring!



>
> But don't laugh too hard.  While politicians on one hand tout their
> crackdowns on the usually anonymous advertising systems that help keep
> so many Web services free, many of the same politicos are pushing for
> massive government data retention programs, vast warrantless
> wiretapping projects, deep surveillance of financial and commercial
> transactions, encompassing CCTV camera nets, vehicle license plate
> readers, automobile driver monitoring, and on ... and on ... and on.
> Golly, it's almost as if someone were trying to divert our attention
> from genuine, serious privacy concerns, by waving the advertising
> cookies Do Not Track red cape in front of our faces -- like a toreador
> preparing a bull for the coup de grace.



>
> The current Do Not Track effort is yet another example of hype
> masquerading as reality.


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