Re: Issue-205 for discussion on Wed - User Agent Compliance

Hi Rigo - 

The concern certainly includes, but is not limited to tool-bars and
search-bars. I believe its possible that browsers will look to directly
(and without the benefit of defined plugins or tool bars) leverage
information for ad targeting, content customization and market research.
In fact, if one looks at some of the server side browsers, I don't believe
that this is at all theoretical.

Thanks!

Alan



On 7/16/13 6:44 PM, "Rigo Wenning" <rigo@w3.org> wrote:

>On Tuesday 16 July 2013 18:20:45 Nicholas Doty wrote:
>> I'm uncertain at this point whether this is actually a proposal about
>> UA compliance (are browsers not supposed to remember or sync a list
>> of open tabs?) or a requirement on other software (routers,
>> cloud-based UAs, operating systems) that sees or sends along an HTTP
>> request from tracking, or just a re-statement that Web sites operated
>> by companies that produced the user's web browser are third parties
>> when in a third-party context. So it's possible we would need a
>> separate ISSUE, but for now we can use 205.
>
>Nick, 
>
>this is mainly the fear by small advertisers that browser makers can
>circumvent the limitations by making a search-bar or tool-bar that
>serves the same function as a third party and reports all browsing
>history to a certain entity. (phone home). That's why it is a
>requirement on the browser. Because there are companies in advertisement
>who have their own browser. One can also imagine widgets from certain
>large providers. 
>
> --Rigo
>
>

Received on Wednesday, 17 July 2013 13:04:34 UTC