mozilla speaks out few websites truly respect user options
Well, let's talk about the Saudade of online privacy, shall we? It appears that Mozilla, the company behind the browser Firefox, has come out swinging like a cricket-pad-wearing Oscar Wilde. They've pointed out that few websites respect the 'Do Not Track' option, which essentially is the equivalent of a digital "Keep Off the Grass" sign.
Why so, you ask? Might be because our dear webmasters and developers play fast and loose with rules, rather like a child with a new toy on Christmas morning. Or perhaps they just view privacy like the British view queues, as a nice, albeit unnecessary, notion. In adding insult to injury, they've pointedly ignored this clear request from the users because, well, where's the fun in following rules, right? One must wonder what other guidelines they're casually discarding whilst sipping their digital afternoon tea.
However, it's not all doom and gloom, my digitally-inclined friends. Despite this breezy dismissal of DNT requests by the cheeky blighters managing your favourite virtual haunts, there's a stiff-upper-lip grit in the tech world, forging ahead with a dogged determination that would make Scott of the Antarctic nod in admiration. Chin up, web users, for this challenge is but a minor hurdle in our ceaseless sprint towards reliable online etiquette. So concludes another chapter in the gripping saga where technology and morality continue their intellectual pas de deux – until next time, pip pip! Read more here.