[mediacapture-main] Generation of IDs needs consideration

alvestrand has just created a new issue for 
https://github.com/w3c/mediacapture-main:

== Generation of IDs needs consideration ==
The current spec says:

"When a MediaStream object is created, the User Agent must generate an
 identifier string, and must initialize the object's id attribute to 
that string. A good practice is to use a UUID [rfc4122], which is 36 
characters long in its canonical form."

Several of the UUID forms in RFC 4122 leak information that allow 
tracking, such as the MAC address of the host.

Suggested fix: Add to the above:

"To avoid fingerprinting, Implementations SHOULD use the forms in 
section 4.4 or 4.5 of RFC 4122 when generating UUIDs."


See https://github.com/w3c/mediacapture-main/issues/255

Received on Monday, 5 October 2015 20:12:51 UTC