12922 2011-06-09 07:10:03 +0000 Allow privacy exemption for caretBlinkRate 2011-12-09 23:25:42 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG LC1 HTML Canvas 2D Context unspecified PC All RESOLVED FIXED canvas P2 normal --- 1 bhawkeslewis contributor ian jonas mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 49368 0 bhawkeslewis 2011-06-09 07:10:03 +0000 The HTML5 specification allows privacy exemptions to reporting navigator attributes in order to allow UAs to avoid fingerprinting. As caretBlinkRate could be used for profiling, conformance requirements for caretBlinkRate should include such an exemption. See also previous discussion at: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2011Apr/0747.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-canvas-api/2011JanMar/0049.html 49369 1 jonas 2011-06-09 07:14:19 +0000 It seems to me that the privacy implications of this property will overshadow its usefulness. Therefor I think it should instead be completely removed. I personally have no plans to implement this feature in Firefox at this time. (Though since there is no such thing as an "official mozilla position", this isn't an official mozilla position). 52645 2 mike 2011-08-04 05:03:23 +0000 mass-move component to LC1 61359 3 ian 2011-12-09 23:25:42 +0000 EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html Status: Partially Accepted Change Description: no spec change Rationale: dropped it entirely