Re: [w3c/manifest] Privacy (#441)

> +          agent allow the user to inspect the icon, name, <a>start URL</a>,
> +          origin, etc. pertaining to a web application. This is to give a user
> +          a opportunity to make a conscious decision about approving, and
> +          possibly modify, the information pertaining to the web application
> +          before installing it. This also gives the user an opportunity to see
> +          if the user agent is spoofing another web application, by, for
> +          example, using an unexpected icon or name.
> +        </p>
> +        <p>
> +          It is RECOMMENDED that user agents prevent other applications from
> +          determining which applications are installed on the system (e.g., via
> +          a timing attack on the user agent's cache). This could be done by,
> +          for example, invalidating from the user agent's cache resources were
> +          linked to from the manifest (for example, icons) after a web
> +          application is <a>installed</a> - or by using an entirely different
> +          cache from that used for regular web browsing.

than that?

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