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Bug 26209 - The fingerprint image stays undescribed in "Submit Sutton state" section. How Submit button could be used to fingerprint a user? May be few words should be added about it. At least pointing to ".value" attribute.
Summary: The fingerprint image stays undescribed in "Submit Sutton state" section. How...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: WHATWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: Unsorted
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: contributor
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2014-06-26 20:45 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2014-09-02 22:35 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description contributor 2014-06-26 20:45:39 UTC 
Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/states-of-the-type-attribute.html
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#submit-button-state-(type=submit)
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#submit-button-state-(type=submit)
Referrer: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/

Comment:
The fingerprint image stays undescribed in "Submit Sutton state" section. How
Submit button could be used to fingerprint a user? May be few words should be
added about it. At least pointing to ".value" attribute.

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Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2014-06-30 23:45:09 UTC 
Width of the element depends on the browser's default submit button label. I'll add a note or parenthetical or something.
Comment 2 contributor 2014-09-02 22:35:08 UTC 
Checked in as WHATWG revision r8738.
Check-in comment: Be more explicit about the fingerprinting risk for <input type=submit>
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=8737&to=8738