- From: Robin Berjon <robin@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:45:18 +0200
- To: Dominique Hazael-Massieux <dom@w3.org>
- CC: public-media-capture@w3.org
On 10/10/2012 09:59 , Dominique Hazael-Massieux wrote: > I also wanted to mention another privacy risk induced by AV device > enumeration: getting a list of all the AV devices a user own does not > only allow to identify the user passively, it also leaks potentially a > lot of information about the user: for instance, if the user owns an > expensive set of AV capture devices, a Web site could assume the user is > wealthy, and thus start to offer its goods or services with a higher > price tag. It would also make for a lovely extension to http://pleaserobme.com/. -- Robin Berjon - http://berjon.com/ - @robinberjon
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