Re: HTML extension for system idle detection.

On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:13:09 +0200, Frederick Hirsch  
<frederick.hirsch@nokia.com> wrote:

> isn't the mere knowledge of the level of activity on a device a possible  
> privacy concern, and couldn't the pattern of activity offer a traffic  
> analysis type opportunity?

This is what I was getting at when asking the question initially:

* an employer could use it to determine whether an employee is using his  
computer or not
* ad delivery networks could use it for behavioral tracking and targeting  
of advertising.   Selling a "cure for loneliness" might stick more with  
someone who spends 16 hours daily in front of an active computer.

-- 
Arve Bersvendsen

Opera Software ASA, http://www.opera.com/