Re: Device enumeration, Fingerprinting and other privacy risks from Cullen Jennings (fluffy) on 2012-10-28 (public-media-capture@w3.org from October 2012)

From: Cullen Jennings (fluffy) <fluffy@cisco.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 06:49:51 +0000
To: Dominique Hazael-Massieux <dom@w3.org>
CC: "public-media-capture@w3.org" <public-media-capture@w3.org>
Message-ID: <C5E08FE080ACFD4DAE31E4BDBF944EB1118A6EF2@xmb-aln-x02.cisco.com>

On Oct 10, 2012, at 9:59 , Dominique Hazael-Massieux <dom@w3.org> wrote:

> for instance, if the user owns an
> expensive set of AV capture devices, a Web site could assume the user is
> wealthy, and thus start to offer its goods or services with a higher
> price tag.

I'm sort of on the fence - I see what you are saying but ….  you could make the same argument about revealing if a user had the newest iPhone or not.

Received on Sunday, 28 October 2012 06:50:20 UTC