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RFC 35140: HTTP Do-Not-Stab (2023)


Date: March 7, 2111 Abstract This document defines the syntax and semantics of the Do-Not-Stab header, a proposed HTTP header that allows users to indicate to a website their preferences about being stabbed. It also provides a standard for how services should comply with such user preferences, if they wish to.

This standard provides a method for a user to easily opt-out of all stabbings, except those mandated by law, and ones that the company wants to do anyways. Microsoft has committed to supporting the Do-Not-Stab header inside the EEA (European Economic Area). Exceptions to the Do-Not-Stab header are accepted when commercial interests outweigh safety concerns.

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