Re: Initial review of policy permissions

Hmmm, does indeed sound like Accessibility Considerations section at a
minimum. Recall we have a W3C Note on CAPTCHA (which they likely should
at least reference).

Seems this needs more review, and we should work out our time horizon on
this.

Best,

Janina

Becky Gibson writes:
> I reviewed the latest editor’s draft of the  Policy Permissions spec ( ) for accessibility concerns. From the abstract, "This specification defines a mechanism that allows developers to selectively enable and disable use of various browser features and APIs”. I have no concerns with the mechanism of specifying the policy.  I do have some concerns with the actual policies that are referenced in an associated document, Policy Controlled Features (https://github.com/w3c/webappsec-permissions-policy/blob/main/features.md <https://github.com/w3c/webappsec-permissions-policy/blob/main/features.md>).  
> 
> On reviewing this list a few jump out at me for accessibility implications:
> ambient-light-sensor
> autoplay
> display-capture
> execution-while-not-rendered
> execution-while-out-of-viewport
> microphone
> navigation-override
> usb
> To be honest, I did not read the spec associated with each of these items. At the very least I believe that there should be an accessibility statement in one of the documents that there must be consideration that features that are used by people with disabilities should not be turned off without consideration of the implications. Web pages that turn off these policies should have some mechanism for the user to request a bypass. Although, this is a tricky issue since some may be security risks and a major discussion point of the Policy Permissions specification concerned security. 
> 
> I could use some help diving into this issue further and it is worthy of discussion within our larger group. 
> 
> 
> Becky Gibson
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckygibsona11y/
> 
> The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> Co-Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa
> 
> 

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Janina Sajka
https://linkedin.com/in/jsajka

Linux Foundation Fellow
Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Co-Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa

Received on Wednesday, 19 May 2021 02:55:51 UTC