We should implement the "Do not track" functionality that is now in Firefox 4 beta 11. It looks really easy to implement. Additonal we can try to implement the opt-out variant suggested by Google.

http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/index.asp
http://donottrack.us/

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#8 ga7_dnt_logged_in_cache_disabled.patch2.77 KBhass
#8 ga6_dnt_logged_in_cache_disabled-D6.patch2.77 KBhass
#2 googleanalytics_7_dnt2.patch6.03 KBhass

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Header: DNT: 1

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Title: Implement Do-not-track HTTP header » Implement Do-not-track HTTP header / opt-out-cookies
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new googleanalytics_7_dnt2.patch6.03 KB

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Title: Implement Do-not-track HTTP header / opt-out-cookies » Implement Do-not-track HTTP header
Status: Active » Needs review

Cookies opt-out is a no-brainer. Nothing to support here.

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hass commented
Title: Implement Do-not-track HTTP header / opt-out-cookies » Implement DoNotTrack privacy feature
Version: 7.x-1.x-dev » 6.x-3.x-dev
Status: Needs review » Patch (to be ported)

Committed to D7

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hass commented
Status: Patch (to be ported) » Fixed

Backported and committed.

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How does this work with page caching enabled?

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hass commented
Status: Fixed » Needs work

Good point. Only tested with logged in users. :-( do you have an idea?

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hass commented
Version: 6.x-3.x-dev » 7.x-1.x-dev
Status: Needs work » Needs review
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new ga6_dnt_logged_in_cache_disabled-D6.patch2.77 KB
new ga7_dnt_logged_in_cache_disabled.patch2.77 KB

This should do the trick.

Status: Needs review » Needs work

The last submitted patch, ga7_dnt_logged_in_cache_disabled.patch, failed testing.

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hass commented
Status: Needs work » Fixed

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.