How would it work otherwise? How would we automate consent from the relevant webmaster, website owner, etc? It seems like we wouldn't be able to successful communicate with the principal in many or most cases.
I've thought of something vaguely similar – documenting website behavior and optimization opportunities without the involvement of publishers. It would be nice to have a known online resource/repository for this, kind of like the security vulnerability communication website that I can't remember at the moment.
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