- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:26:37 +0000 (UTC)
- To: "Barclay, Daniel" <daniel@fgm.com>
- Cc: public-html-comments@w3.org
On Fri, 11 Jul 2008, Barclay, Daniel wrote: > > Section 4.12.2.1 says: > > It allows the paranoid user to disable the notifications without losing the > underlying link functionality. > > Shouldn't "paranoid user" be something like "privacy-conscious user"? No, because a privacy-conscious user would realise that this doesn't actually do much for his privacy. It's a bit like turning off third-party cookies. It makes people feel good if they don't understand what's actually going on, but it has very little impact on actual user privacy. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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