- From: Ian Hickson via cvs-syncmail <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 01:12:22 +0000
- To: public-html-commits@w3.org
Update of /sources/public/html5/spec
In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv19852
Modified Files:
Overview.html
Log Message:
Mention the fingerprinting issue on window.navigator (whatwg r5481)
Index: Overview.html
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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v
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<!-- vendorSub: Mozilla and Safari only; always returns "" -->
- </dl></div><h4 id="custom-handlers"><span class="secno">6.4.2 </span>Custom scheme and content handlers</h4><p>The <dfn id="dom-navigator-registerprotocolhandler" title="dom-navigator-registerProtocolHandler"><code>registerProtocolHandler()</code></dfn>
+ </dl><p class="warning">Any information in this API that varies from user
+ to user can be used to profile the user. In fact, if enough such
+ information is available, a user can actually be uniquely
+ identified. For this reason, user agent implementors are strongly
+ urged to include as little information in this API as possible.</p>
+
+ </div><h4 id="custom-handlers"><span class="secno">6.4.2 </span>Custom scheme and content handlers</h4><p>The <dfn id="dom-navigator-registerprotocolhandler" title="dom-navigator-registerProtocolHandler"><code>registerProtocolHandler()</code></dfn>
method allows Web sites to register themselves as possible handlers
for particular schemes. For example, an online telephone messaging
service could register itself as a handler of the <code>sms:</code>
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