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Apache fires at Microsoft over IE10’s DNT privacy settings

Do Not Track (DNT) is supposed to protect a user’s privacy; in theory if you have it on, then it tells advertisers not to stalk you around the web, not to track, build and sell your web behavior profile to yet other third parties. When Microsoft chose to buck the W3C’s DNT proposal of “explicit consent required” by the user, and instead turned on DNT by default in Internet Explorer 10, the decision…
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RIM Chief Fires Back Over Data Demands (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
RIM Chief Fires Back Over Data Demands  —  Research In Motion Ltd. co-CEO Michael Lazaridis lashed out at governments seeking to ban his company’s BlackBerry phones, saying they risk undermining the growth of electronic commerce by demanding access to secure communications and transactions.

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