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Bug 12922 - Allow privacy exemption for caretBlinkRate
Summary: Allow privacy exemption for caretBlinkRate
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LC1 HTML Canvas 2D Context (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: contributor
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
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Whiteboard: canvas
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Reported: 2011-06-09 07:10 UTC by Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
Modified: 2011-12-09 23:25 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Description Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis 2011-06-09 07:10:03 UTC 
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
Comment 1 Jonas Sicking (Not reading bugmail) 2011-06-09 07:14:19 UTC 
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).
Comment 2 Michael[tm] Smith 2011-08-04 05:03:23 UTC 
mass-move component to LC1
Comment 3 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-12-09 23:25:42 UTC 
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Status: Partially Accepted
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: dropped it entirely