Re: Geopriv compromise proposal

On Wed, 17 Jun 2009, Rigo Wenning wrote:
> 
> If your assumption that content displayed via the browser (and here it 
> is just something not HTML, like geodata) would be attributed to the 
> browser, liability attorneys would have really new fun ideas about 
> browser vendor's liability.

This has nothing to do with the legal realities, and everything to do with 
the implied user perceptions in the interface.


> Imagine you could locate the kids on Facebook to better target them.

I'm sorry, but this kind of fear-mongering is where I draw the line.


I join Doug in asking for a formal vote on whether we can move forward 
with the spec as it stands today.

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Received on Wednesday, 17 June 2009 18:05:32 UTC