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Update of /sources/public/2009/dap/camera In directory roscoe:/tmp/cvs-serv31132 Modified Files: Overview.html Overview.src.html Log Message: revise the Security and privacy considerations section <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-device-apis/2014May/0008.html> --- /sources/public/2009/dap/camera/Overview.html 2014/04/28 11:22:44 1.151 +++ /sources/public/2009/dap/camera/Overview.html 2014/05/22 10:29:08 1.152 @@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ </p> <h1 class="title p-name" id="title" property="dcterms:title">HTML Media Capture</h1> - <h2 property="dcterms:issued" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2014-04-28T08:14:45.000Z" id="w3c-editor-s-draft-28-april-2014"><abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> Editor's Draft <time class="dt-published" datetime="2014-04-28">28 April 2014</time></h2> + <h2 property="dcterms:issued" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2014-05-22T07:22:51.000Z" id="w3c-editor-s-draft-22-may-2014"><abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> Editor's Draft <time class="dt-published" datetime="2014-05-22">22 May 2014</time></h2> <dl> <dt>This version:</dt> @@ -621,37 +621,42 @@ </p> </section> - <section id="security" typeof="bibo:Chapter" resource="#security" rel="bibo:Chapter"> - <!--OddPage--><h2 aria-level="1" role="heading" id="h2_security"><span class="secno">4. </span>Security and privacy considerations</h2> + <section id="security" class="informative" typeof="bibo:Chapter" resource="#security" rel="bibo:Chapter"> + <!--OddPage--><h2 aria-level="1" role="heading" id="h2_security"><span class="secno">4. </span>Security and privacy considerations</h2><p><em>This section is non-normative.</em></p> <p> - The user agent <em class="rfc2119" title="SHOULD NOT">SHOULD NOT</em> enable any device for media capture, such as - a microphone or camera, until a user interaction giving implicit - consent is completed. A user agent <em class="rfc2119" title="SHOULD">SHOULD</em> also provide an indication - when such an input device is enabled and make it possible to terminate - such capture. Similarly, the user agent <em class="rfc2119" title="SHOULD">SHOULD</em> allow the user: - </p><ul> + A User Agent implementation of this specification is advised to seek + user consent before initiating capture of content by microphone or + camera. This may be necessary to meet regulatory, legal and best + practice requirements related to the privacy of user data. In addition, + the User Agent implementation is advised to provide an indication to + the user when an input device is enabled and make it possible for the + user to terminate such capture. Similarly, the User Agent is advised to + offer user control, such as to allow the user to: + </p> + <ul> <li> - to select the exact media capture device to be used if there exists + select the exact media capture device to be used if there exist multiple devices of the same type (e.g. a front-facing camera in addition to a primary camera). </li> <li> - to disable sound capture when in the video capture mode. + disable sound capture when in the video capture mode. </li> </ul> <p> This specification builds upon the security and privacy protections - provided by the <code><input type="file"></code> [<cite><a class="bibref" href="#bib-HTML5">HTML5</a></cite>] and - the [<cite><a class="bibref" href="#bib-FILE-API">FILE-API</a></cite>] specifications; in particular, it is expected that - any offer to start capturing content from the user’s device would - require a specific user interaction on an HTML element that is entirely - controlled by the user agent. + provided by the <input type="file"> [<cite><a class="bibref" href="#bib-HTML5">HTML5</a></cite>] and the [<cite><a class="bibref" href="#bib-FILE-API">FILE-API</a></cite>] + specifications; in particular, it is expected that any offer to start + capturing content from the user’s device would require a specific user + interaction on an HTML element that is entirely controlled by the user + agent. + </p> <p> - Implementors <em class="rfc2119" title="SHOULD">SHOULD</em> take care of additional leakage of privacy-sensitive - data from captured media. For instance, embedding the user’s location in - a captured media metadata (e.g. EXIF) might transmit more private data - than the user might be expecting. + Implementors should take care to prevent additional leakage of + privacy-sensitive data from captured media. For instance, embedding the + user’s location in the metadata of captured media (e.g. EXIF) might + transmit more private data than the user is expecting. </p> </section> @@ -805,7 +810,7 @@ -<section id="references" class="appendix" typeof="bibo:Chapter" resource="#references" rel="bibo:Chapter"><!--OddPage--><h2 aria-level="1" role="heading" id="h2_references"><span class="secno">B. </span>References</h2><section id="normative-references" typeof="bibo:Chapter" resource="#normative-references" rel="bibo:Chapter"><h3 aria-level="2" role="heading" id="h3_normative-references"><span class="secno">B.1 </span>Normative references</h3><dl class="bibliography" about=""><dt id="bib-HTML5">[HTML5]</dt><dd rel="dcterms:requires">Robin Berjon; Steve Faulkner; Travis Leithead; Erika Doyle Navara; Edward O'Connor; Silvia Pfeiffer. <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/"><cite>HTML5</cite></a>. 4 February 2014. W3C Candidate Recommendation. URL: <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/">http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/</a> +<section id="references" class="appendix" typeof="bibo:Chapter" resource="#references" rel="bibo:Chapter"><!--OddPage--><h2 aria-level="1" role="heading" id="h2_references"><span class="secno">B. </span>References</h2><section id="normative-references" typeof="bibo:Chapter" resource="#normative-references" rel="bibo:Chapter"><h3 aria-level="2" role="heading" id="h3_normative-references"><span class="secno">B.1 </span>Normative references</h3><dl class="bibliography" about=""><dt id="bib-HTML5">[HTML5]</dt><dd rel="dcterms:requires">Robin Berjon; Steve Faulkner; Travis Leithead; Erika Doyle Navara; Edward O'Connor; Silvia Pfeiffer. <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/"><cite>HTML5</cite></a>. 29 April 2014. W3C Candidate Recommendation. URL: <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/">http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/</a> </dd><dt id="bib-RFC2119">[RFC2119]</dt><dd rel="dcterms:requires">S. Bradner. <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt"><cite>Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels.</cite></a> March 1997. Internet RFC 2119. URL: <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt">http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt</a> </dd><dt id="bib-WEBIDL">[WEBIDL]</dt><dd rel="dcterms:requires">Cameron McCormack. <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/WebIDL/"><cite>Web IDL</cite></a>. 19 April 2012. W3C Candidate Recommendation. URL: <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/WebIDL/">http://www.w3.org/TR/WebIDL/</a> </dd></dl></section><section id="informative-references" typeof="bibo:Chapter" resource="#informative-references" rel="bibo:Chapter"><h3 aria-level="2" role="heading" id="h3_informative-references"><span class="secno">B.2 </span>Informative references</h3><dl class="bibliography" about=""><dt id="bib-FILE-API">[FILE-API]</dt><dd rel="dcterms:references">Arun Ranganathan; Jonas Sicking. <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/FileAPI/"><cite>File API</cite></a>. 12 September 2013. W3C Last Call Working Draft. URL: <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/FileAPI/">http://www.w3.org/TR/FileAPI/</a> --- /sources/public/2009/dap/camera/Overview.src.html 2014/04/28 11:22:44 1.5 +++ /sources/public/2009/dap/camera/Overview.src.html 2014/05/22 10:29:08 1.6 @@ -119,37 +119,42 @@ </p> </section> - <section id="security"> + <section id="security" class="informative"> <h2>Security and privacy considerations</h2> <p> - The user agent SHOULD NOT enable any device for media capture, such as - a microphone or camera, until a user interaction giving implicit - consent is completed. A user agent SHOULD also provide an indication - when such an input device is enabled and make it possible to terminate - such capture. Similarly, the user agent SHOULD allow the user: + A User Agent implementation of this specification is advised to seek + user consent before initiating capture of content by microphone or + camera. This may be necessary to meet regulatory, legal and best + practice requirements related to the privacy of user data. In addition, + the User Agent implementation is advised to provide an indication to + the user when an input device is enabled and make it possible for the + user to terminate such capture. Similarly, the User Agent is advised to + offer user control, such as to allow the user to: + </p> <ul> <li> - to select the exact media capture device to be used if there exists + select the exact media capture device to be used if there exist multiple devices of the same type (e.g. a front-facing camera in addition to a primary camera). </li> <li> - to disable sound capture when in the video capture mode. + disable sound capture when in the video capture mode. </li> </ul> <p> This specification builds upon the security and privacy protections - provided by the <code><input type="file"></code> [[!HTML5]] and - the [[FILE-API]] specifications; in particular, it is expected that - any offer to start capturing content from the user’s device would - require a specific user interaction on an HTML element that is entirely - controlled by the user agent. + provided by the <input type="file"> [[HTML5]] and the [[FILE-API]] + specifications; in particular, it is expected that any offer to start + capturing content from the user’s device would require a specific user + interaction on an HTML element that is entirely controlled by the user + agent. + </p> <p> - Implementors SHOULD take care of additional leakage of privacy-sensitive - data from captured media. For instance, embedding the user’s location in - a captured media metadata (e.g. EXIF) might transmit more private data - than the user might be expecting. + Implementors should take care to prevent additional leakage of + privacy-sensitive data from captured media. For instance, embedding the + user’s location in the metadata of captured media (e.g. EXIF) might + transmit more private data than the user is expecting. </p> </section>
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