Microsoft Reaffirms Default Do-Not-Track For IE10, Windows 8 Express Setup

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Microsoft has confirmed that Internet Explorer 10 will have Do-Not-Track settings enabled by default (http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-sticks-to-default-do-not-track-settings-in-ie-10-7000002289/). IE 10 comes with Windows 8, and will go release candidate for Windows 7 very soon, according to Anne Kohn in a comment in IE's blog (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/07/10/ie-9-0-8-available-via-windows-update.aspx#10328598). During Windows 8 setup, users who choose the 'Express' option will have DNT on by default (http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2012/08/07/do-not-track-in-the-windows-8-set-up-experience.aspx), while using the 'Custom' option will give them the chance to change the setting, if they want. IE 10 already has a score of 319 in html5test.com (http://html5test.com/results/desktop.html), while MS is trying to position IE as a great browser again. Will this pressure other browsers such as Firefox and Opera to do the same?"When Microsoft began talking about this in May, it touched off (http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/do-not-track-debate-reveals-cracks-in-online-privacy-consensus/5077) quite a debate (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tracking/2012Jul/0156.html) at W3C about whether browsers should have DNT turned on by default or not.

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