[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:           
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   Points:                    |   Actualpoints:           
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Comment(by mikeperry):

 Replying to [comment:3 arma]:
 > If we turn it on, is there a chance more places would take it seriously
 and thus there would become a practical difference, even if there isn't
 today? I'd say there's a chance.

 Who cares? What can this thing actually mean in any practical sense? If I
 log into facebook/gmail and send a bunch of messages to all of my friends'
 public walls/email lists with DNT set, what does that mean?

 In the worst case it means facebook/gmail says "Sorry, you can't do that,
 you don't want to be tracked." Then the user is forced to disable the
 header globally (and incur the fingerprinting penalty globally), just to
 use a site-specific service.

 Moreover, what would the header buy us that
 https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/#DesignRequirements
 doesn't cover?

 And how exactly does it better address "Do No Harm" principles wrt user
 experience?

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