- From: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 15:46:35 -0700
- To: Mike O'Neill <michael.oneill@baycloud.com>
- Cc: Rigo Wenning <rigo@w3.org>, public-privacy@w3.org
I don’t disagree with needing a meaningful DNT, but I also think we need to think of other ways we can assist/improve online privacy, that are not DNT. On Jul 21, 2014, at 9:57 , Mike O'Neill <michael.oneill@baycloud.com> wrote: > If the response to canvas and other forms of fingerprinting is an arms-race > with browsers and their extensions, the web will turned into a war zone and > be ruined for everybody. > > This is why we need a meaningful DNT that people trust. > > Mike > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rigo Wenning [mailto:rigo@w3.org] >> Sent: 21 July 2014 17:43 >> To: public-privacy@w3.org >> Subject: Canvas fingerprinting >> >> https://securehomes.esat.kuleuven.be/~gacar/persistent/index.html >> >> There was a lot of discussion around canvas and whether it was the right >> choice. It may also be the right choice for browser to give users the >> option to turn all those nice new features off if they do not want to be >> spied upon. To what extend do browsers trust the origin? I think we are >> in a field with lots of shades of gray. >> >> Otherwise we are left surfing the Web with Amaya if we want privacy. >> Amaya knows no cookies, no javascript, no canvas. This can turn into an >> advantage.. >> >> --Rigo > > > David Singer Manager, Software Standards, Apple Inc.
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