When (major advertiser/website detected): Prompt user, "Warning: (Advertiser/website) insists on tracking you, and have made public statements affirming this position. Your privacy is not enforceable on this website."
more like class action or regulatory step in. in theory market transactions are based on mutual consent. if consent isn't respected, then that's a problem.
I actually ended up expanding on this a bit in a different comment thread, if you're interested. :) [1]
It's a tough position to be in because the thing that really gets heads turning is regulation, licensing, and fines, but...when it comes to website design (assuming we're not talking about illicit material) I get queasy at the idea of (the/any) government saying, "You're not running your website the right way! Pay us money!" Perhaps the few exceptions being something like: PII storage, or payment processing.
I dread the idea of anyone saying you have to, say, use a specific font type or whatever, you know? I don't want to put that burden on website owners, or complicate my own life.
I'd rather inform the end user, point out the biggest offenders, and leave them be. "Detect, inform, and move on." Big scary message[2] then leave it to the user to decide what they want to do. "Oh, they're going to track me? Let me look up that VPN-thingy I keep hearing my nephew talk about."
I don't think there's much support for specifying a specific font. I do think there is support for making companies do things that don't exploit users.
