Re: [dap-charter] DASWG: Drop Ambient light sensor API for privacy and lack of implementer support (#100)

All privacy issues brought up to the group's attention have been documented [1] and reviewed with privacy experts [2] with additional mitigations specified [1] on top of the mitigations inherited from the Generic Sensor API [3]. These additional mitigations have been demonstrated [4] to be effective in a real-world scenario.

The latest version of the Ambient Light Sensor API has implementer support [5]. Multiple experimental implementations of the earlier version of the API [6] informed the development of the additional mitigations in place in the latest version of the API.

The DAS WG is [commitment](https://www.w3.org/2020/05/proposed-das-wg-charter.html#scope) to **security and privacy focused** and **use case-driven** specification development and believes ceasing this work would be considered harmful.

[1] https://w3c.github.io/ambient-light/#security-and-privacy
[2] https://github.com/w3c/ambient-light/issues/13
[3] https://w3c.github.io/sensors/#mitigation-strategies
[4] https://github.com/w3c/ambient-light/issues/13#issuecomment-302393458
[5] https://crbug.com/606766
[6] https://caniuse.com/#feat=ambient-light

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