Microsoft and Google play chicken over Do Not Track

CNN Money :: Microsoft announced last week that it would become the first browser maker to turn Do No Track on as the default setting in its upcoming version of Internet Explorer, called IE10. That flew in the face of a carefully constructed and fragile compromise between privacy advocates and the online advertising networks. Though privacy advocates believe that users would be best served by automatically opting them in to Do Not Track, the advertisers have said they would only agree to Do Not Track if the default setting is "off."

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