- From: Andrei Popescu <andreip@google.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:07:21 +0000
- To: Erik Wilde <dret@berkeley.edu>
- Cc: Richard Barnes <rbarnes@bbn.com>, Doug Turner <doug.turner@gmail.com>, "public-geolocation@w3.org" <public-geolocation@w3.org>
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Erik Wilde <dret@berkeley.edu> wrote: > > "The Geolocation object can be used by scripts to programmatically determine > the location information associated with the hosting device." > > is what the spec currently says. this could probably be considered to also > cover fake locations. > > "Common sources of location information include Global Positioning System > (GPS) and location inferred from network signals such as IP address, RFID, > WiFi and Bluetooth MAC addresses, and GSM/CDMA cell IDs." > > is another quote. again, nothing disallows fake locations. and i am not sure > whether any language exists anywhere in the draft that does disallow fake > locations. we could be more explicit to be aware of that use case by saying: > > "Common sources of location information include Global Positioning System > (GPS), location inferred from network signals such as IP address, RFID, WiFi > and Bluetooth MAC addresses, GSM/CDMA cell IDs, and location information > provided by users." > I'm fine with adding "and location information provided by users". Andrei
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