[Bug 22023] New: Cryptic paragraph about marking privacy issues

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=22023

            Bug ID: 22023
           Summary: Cryptic paragraph about marking privacy issues
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: PC
                OS: Windows NT
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: CR HTML5 spec
          Assignee: robin@w3.org
          Reporter: jukka.k.korpela@kolumbus.fi
        QA Contact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org

In 1.8 Privacy concerns, there is the following paragraph near the end:
“Features in this specification which can be used to fingerprint the user are
marked as this paragraph is.” However, that paragraph has no special styling or
marker.

In the corresponding clause (1.10) in the WHATWG HTML document, the paragraph
contains an image at the end, floated to the right, with the odd alt attribute
value "(This is a fingerprinting vector.)" ("This is a privacy issue" would
seem more adequate.) Apparently, the image has been dropped in HTML5 CR, making
the paragraph pointless.

It is unclear whether the WHATWG HTML document actually uses the image
somewhere. It might be just an idea that was not implemented.

The minimal change is to remove the paragraph. But for informativeness, and to
make section 1.8 more meaningful, it would be desirable to link to those items
in the specification where privacy (or “fingerprinting”) is an issue and/or
mark those items somehow and link to section 1.8.

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Received on Monday, 13 May 2013 20:05:00 UTC