On Fri, 14 Dec 2012, Stan wrote: > > Last thing to remember: the device ID is not something secret and > forbidden for native applications. For example, Android provides Android > ID and iOS ASIdentifierManager, which can be read by any installed > application. Taking into consideration that many web-services do provide > native clients, they already know device IDs (if they want to). Moving > this property into browser will just simplify developing > web-applications and make them more competitive compared to native apps.
That the Web is more secure and privacy-protecting than native apps is one of the Web's biggest strengths. It's a feature, not a bug. It makes the Web more competitive, not less. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'