- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:48:07 +0000 (UTC)
- To: "Barclay, Daniel" <daniel@fgm.com>
- Cc: public-html-comments@w3.org
On Mon, 14 Jul 2008, Barclay, Daniel wrote: > >> > >> "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. > > No? You seem to be referred to _sufficiently_informed_ > privary-conscious users. For others who care but aren't sufficiently > informed, is it really appropriate for the specification to call them > paranoid? It seems better to call them paranoid than ignorant. > > 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. > > Could you provide a pointer? A pointer to what? -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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