[sensors] Should sensors require a privileged context?

• From: Anssi Kostiainen via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
• Date: Thu, 07 May 2015 08:33:58 +0000
• To: public-device-apis@w3.org
• Message-ID: <issues.opened-73897574-1430987637-sysbot+gh@w3.org>

anssiko has just created a new issue for 
https://github.com/w3c/sensors:

== Should sensors require a privileged context? ==
The Privileged Contexts spec [1] notes:

>Certain web platform features that have a distinct impact on a user’s
 security or privacy should be available for use only in privileged 
contexts.

... and explicitly notes sensors as one of the features that should be
 available for use only in privileged contexts [2].

We should assess the state of the privileged contexts work, and see 
what are the implications on the sensor API design, if any.

[1] https://w3c.github.io/webappsec/specs/powerfulfeatures/
[2] 
https://w3c.github.io/webappsec/specs/powerfulfeatures/#feature-requires-privilege

See https://github.com/w3c/sensors/issues/14

Received on Thursday, 7 May 2015 08:33:59 UTC