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Do Not Track is dying

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Like most browsers, Firefox includes a Do Not Track feature. But until an agreement is reached between advertisers and privacy advocates, the feature will have no effect. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The tantalizing promise of a single button that prevents ads from tracking your online behavior is fizzling fast. More than nine months after the Obama administration, digital advertisers, browser makers and privacy advocates agreed in principle to create a "Do Not Track" mechanism for Web browsing, the tool is no closer to becoming a reality than it was in February. In fact, the entire plan is on life support. The various parties have been sitting around a table every Wednesday -- both virtually and, on six occasions, physically -- trying to reach a consensus on how a Do Not Track button would be implemented.

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Ian Jacobs

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0.118758"on.") "Why is this taking so long? Because people don't want to budge," said Ian Jacobs, ...
0.108675"on.") "Why is this taking so long? Because people don't want to budge," said Ian Jacobs, spokesman for the W3C. "It's like a budget deficit committee meeting."
0.263524"We always seek consensus, but when we can't, we'll get votes and make decisions," Jacobs said. ...
0.0241312"We always seek consensus, but when we can't, we'll get votes and make decisions," Jacobs said. "Saying 'I don't like this' is not going to be considered a strong objection. We're not going to be held hostage when a group can't make progress."
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Jonathan Mayer

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-0.0338693"The advertisers have been extraordinarily obstructionist, raising the same issues over and over again, forcing new issues that were not on the agenda, adding new issues that have been closed, and launching personal attacks," said Jonathan Mayer, ...
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Obama

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Marc Groman

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-0.135403"We have a real concern about using a sledgehammer for a flyswatter problem," said Marc Groman, ...
-0.250397"We have a real concern about using a sledgehammer for a flyswatter problem," said Marc Groman, executive director of the National Advertising Initiative, a coalition of online advertisers. "Do Not Track will have a disproportionate effect on our stakeholders."
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City: NEW YORK

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FieldTerminology: advertising industry

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Organization: W3C

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Organization: Stanford

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Organization: Obama administration

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Organization: National Advertising Initiative

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Company: Microsoft

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