- From: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 10:28:18 -0700
- To: "public-privacy (W3C mailing list)" <public-privacy@w3.org>
On Apr 25, 2013, at 1:30 AM, Hannes Tschofenig <hannes.tschofenig@gmx.net> wrote: > Here is the description we have added to > > http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-iab-privacy-considerations-08 > > in response to the feedback from EFF at the Internet Privacy workshop: > > $ Fingerprint: A set of information elements that identifies a > device or application instance. > > $ Fingerprinting: The process of an observer or attacker uniquely > identifying (with a sufficiently high probability) a device or > > application instance based on multiple information elements > communicated to the observer or attacker. See [ > EFF]. > > I wonder whether you find these definitions useful. Hm, sorry, I should have reacted sooner. I think a fingerprint reduces the size of the set of possible identities of the target. That's a mouthful, for sure, but fingerprints remain used and useful even if the set size is not 1 (i.e. the fingerprint doesn't "identify" the target, as such). David Singer Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.
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