Reply to post: Re: Why do politicians want to make everthing overcomplicated.

Do Not Track is back in the US Senate. And this time it means business. As in, fining businesses that stalk you online

veti Silver badge

Re: Why do politicians want to make everthing overcomplicated.

And, make web hosts legally liable for the behaviour of every bit of code run on their servers...

... or in the visitor's browser...

... hmm, actually that's not as simple as it sounds. Basically, it means every line of Javascript has to be vetted by the hosting company. That's maybe not a bad idea, but it certainly changes the landscape, and not all those changes will be for the better.

For instance, it will hand yet another solid competitive advantage to Google/Amazon/etc., who could maintain their own solid libraries of pre-approved scripts. Good luck to up-and-coming hosts trying to keep up with those.

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