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In 1.8 Privacy concerns, there is the following paragraph near the end: “Features in this specification which can be used to fingerprint the user are marked as this paragraph is.” However, that paragraph has no special styling or marker. In the corresponding clause (1.10) in the WHATWG HTML document, the paragraph contains an image at the end, floated to the right, with the odd alt attribute value "(This is a fingerprinting vector.)" ("This is a privacy issue" would seem more adequate.) Apparently, the image has been dropped in HTML5 CR, making the paragraph pointless. It is unclear whether the WHATWG HTML document actually uses the image somewhere. It might be just an idea that was not implemented. The minimal change is to remove the paragraph. But for informativeness, and to make section 1.8 more meaningful, it would be desirable to link to those items in the specification where privacy (or “fingerprinting”) is an issue and/or mark those items somehow and link to section 1.8.
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As far as I can see, the bug has not been fixed in the July 15 version of HTML 5.1 Nightly.
(In reply to comment #2) > As far as I can see, the bug has not been fixed in the July 15 version of > HTML 5.1 Nightly. The script that generates the Nightly is failing right now for some reason. I'll try to get it fixed in the next couple of days.
I've verified the latest Nightly and recently re-published CR of HTML5.0, and the fingerprinting marker appears to be working properly on the sections for which it is annotated. Example in latest CR: http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/webappapis.html#enabling-and-disabling-scripting Example in 5.1 Nightly: http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/introduction.html#fingerprint Thanks!