- From: Marcos Caceres <marcosc@opera.com>
- Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:48:39 +0200
- To: public-geolocation@w3.org
Hi Geolocation WG, I recently wrote a paper on the privacy of geolocation implementations [1] for the W3C Workshop on Privacy for Advanced Web APIs. Although it does not directly comment on the specification, it critically evaluates the control and information available to end-users when location services are being used. In the paper, I look at: * Opera (labs build) * Firefox 3.6 * Mobile Safari * Chrome 6 http://www.w3.org/2010/api-privacy-ws/papers/privacy-ws-21.pdf As this is a fast moving area, the paper is already a bit out of date: For instance, Opera addressed most of the issues raised in the paper in the 10.6 release. And iOS4 added an indicator for geolocation. Also, during my analysis of Mobile Safari, I missed that there was a way to reset location based services for all applications. Anyway, hopefully you will find the paper of some use. Kind regards, Marcos [1] http://www.w3.org/2010/api-privacy-ws/ -- Marcos Caceres Opera Software
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