Re: Security issue of orientation events.

On 18/08/11 11:20, Dominique Hazael-Massieux wrote:
> Le jeudi 18 août 2011 à 10:26 +0200, Wojciech Masłowski a écrit :
>> http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128255.200-smartphone-jiggles-reveal-your-private-data.html
>>
>> TLDR: It is possible to construct a keylogger using only accelerometer
>> data. Maybe we should think about revising security policy for device
>> orientation events and force UA to ask user if he wants to allow site to
>> use orientation events.
> Isn't it that this is only problematic if a Web page wants to keep
> getting orientation events when not visible? Maybe permission would need
> to be asked only in cases a Web page needs to get these events even when
> not visible?
>
> Dom

Are there any guidelines relating to iframes which are like a web page 
within a web page?

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