[tor-bugs] #5501 [TorBrowserButton]: enable Do-Not-Track DNT by default

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#5501: enable Do-Not-Track DNT by default
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks       |          Owner:  mikeperry
     Type:  enhancement       |         Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal            |      Milestone:           
Component:  TorBrowserButton  |        Version:           
 Keywords:                    |         Parent:           
   Points:                    |   Actualpoints:           
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Comment(by rransom):

 Replying to [comment:19 pde]:
 > But with DNT in place, if a third party tracking company keeps setting
 cookies, or using supercookies, or fingeprinting, that may have legal
 consequences.

 With IFRAME, every website can be turned into a third party.  And almost
 every non-trivial web application (including Trac) sets cookies in order
 to prevent CSRF attacks.

 If the ‘legal consequences’ are for merely setting cookies (thereby
 ‘collecting’ data), everyone with legal ties to the U.S. who runs Trac or
 other web applications is at risk of selective prosecution or barratry.

 If the ‘legal consequences’ are for ‘retaining’ data, every web server
 whose operator has legal ties to the U.S. is at risk for seizure and
 search (possibly as a fishing expedition looking for illegal web server
 logs or other evidence; possibly just as a way to make the server
 unavailable for a few months).

 DNT laws and regulations are likely to be as destructive as SOPA, if not
 worse.  I oppose them strongly, and I hope that EFF will recognize the
 danger that DNT poses to a free and open Internet and stop supporting DNT
 legislation.

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