In Microsoft’s New Browser, the Privacy Light Is Already On - NYTimes.com
►http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/16/technology/in-microsofts-new-browser-the-privacy-light-is-already-on.html?nl=todayshea
The do-not-track browser option is still an emerging concept. Last year, an international standards body called the W3C, or World Wide Web Consortium, created a working group to standardize the technology for do-not-track systems. But marketers and privacy advocates are at odds over even the definition of “do not track.” Does it mean “do not show personalized ads to a particular user”? Or does it mean “do not collect information about a person’s browsing history”? There is also disagreement over how sites should acknowledge and respond to the signal.
« Quand dire c’est faire » disait Austin... mais t’a beau dire « Lâche moi la grappe », ils s’accrochent comme des sangsues. Marcuse avait déjà parlé de cette dérive linguistique technocratique dans l’Homme unidimensionnel. A relire d’urgence, tant ce livre quarantenaire est d’actualité.