- From: Mounir Lamouri <mounir@lamouri.fr>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:50:54 +0100
- To: public-device-apis@w3.org
On 01/17/2012 10:48 PM, Frederick.Hirsch@nokia.com wrote: > (4) LC-2577 (Proposal needed), no way to distinguish whether battery present, Wayne > > Discussion died down on task force list after general agreement that fingerprinting not an issue > > * Is this still an issue? If so, concrete proposal needed I don't think this is an issue: there is no major need to check if the device actually has a battery or not. In addition, fingerprinting *is* an issue. Indeed, we shouldn't block everything because of fingerprinting: for example, the level attribute and the charging attribute is helping to track users but it's much more useful than hurtful. However, knowing if there is actually a battery seems only useful in the case of a battery UI which is a very specific use case. We can handle that in another version of the specification or in another specification (like some Device Capabilities API). -- Mounir
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