On 8/13/13 2:28 AM, Mounir Lamouri wrote: > Hi, > > I think there is a bit of confusion here. I meant to ask feedback > regarding exposing the type, not exposing the bandwidth and the metered > status. Or maybe exposing the type would be less of a problem than > exposing the bandwidth and the metered status? I was mostly worried > about privacy issues other than fingerprinting. Fingerprinting is an > issue but it is something well understood and we can easily reduce the > impact.
I see. IMO, as long as users can turn this off somehow, the privacy risk is minimal. The only thing that may concern me is if very few people use a given type of connection in a geographical region and it becomes identifying when you do. >> I also wonder what kind of UI we'd make available for users' control. >> Ideas? > This said, the UI is a bit OT here I believe. Actually, I think the UI is on topic insomuch as it allows people to control whether or not this API is sharing data about their connection. Privacy is about more than just data, but control of how it's used; in this way a UI that allows a user to disable things they don't like is helpful for their privacy. -Sid _______________________________________________ dev-privacy mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-privacy
