Firefox Removes Do Not Track Feature

Kevin Purdy has the story at Ars Technica as well as a bit of historical context. DNT emerged out of privacy advocacy work I remember well. Like P3P before it, the enforcement mechanism was never very clear. As Purdy explains, that was true for regulators as well, leading quickly to a stale mate which meant that the spec never grew in any meaningful way. In the meantime, the need for privacy and…