> IE10 defaults to Do Not Track enabled. So sending the header is not explicitly representative of the user's wishes.
> Convenient, isn't it?
That might be an excuse, but it's not the reason. They easily could read the DNT header and the user agent, and trust DNT headers from non-IE10 browsers.
Absolutely. They're interpreting the situation with strict literality because it is in their benefit to do so.
They have a perfectly valid reason for what they do: it's strongly beneficial to their business model to operate in a scummy but probably-legal way. They are hardly unique in this.
Since we have little market recourse (Verizon is often the only option, and we are not customers of Turn), and we have no legal recourse (again, scummy but almost certainly legal in almost all circumstances)...what is left?
Well, there are technical solutions to the problem. TLS is a good start. Browsers can be smarter about third party cookies. The Verizon Overcookie can be stripped by a proxy. VPN can solve many problems... This glommed on tracking junk is fragile.
I strongly resent being drawn into the arms race, but it is winnable.
It will take something dramatic (and who knows how long) for our outrage to be shared by a critical mass of customers/voters, so for now, I think technology is the solution.
> Convenient, isn't it?
That might be an excuse, but it's not the reason. They easily could read the DNT header and the user agent, and trust DNT headers from non-IE10 browsers.