- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2016 13:03:25 +0100
- To: public-pointer-events@w3.org
On 26/08/2016 19:24, Fleck, Dave wrote: >> On 26/08/2016 17:35, Rick Byers wrote: >>> 3. The property can't be used to uniquely identify a user - for >>> web privacy reasons (i.e. serial numbers can't be exposed to the >>> web as a result). >> >> Unfortunately, I think the properties listed (Transducer Serial >> Number, Preferred Color, Preferred Line Width, Preferred Line >> Style) may fall foul of this (particularly the TSN, the others >> could be used to at least infer/narrow down users). I think one >> thing that *would* be nice would be to ensure that the same >> transducer always gets the same pointerId across interactions (not >> the same as the TSN, but unique for the duration of the browser/tab >> session) >> > > Perhaps stating the obvious - but - the idea is that I can upload > into my stylus my preferred color (I like purple because it’s a > corporate color) and width (I tend to write small so I like a fine > tip pen) and where-ever (any application) whenever (even tomorrow) I > will get those settings by default. So it would be a set of new attributes (leaving out the TSN here for privacy concern reasons) for PE? preferredColor, preferredLineWidth, preferredLineStyle ? I could live with that, yes. P -- Patrick H. Lauke www.splintered.co.uk | https://github.com/patrickhlauke http://flickr.com/photos/redux/ | http://redux.deviantart.com twitter: @patrick_h_lauke | skype: patrick_h_lauke
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