Re: Review of rtcweb IP Address Handling Recommendations

+Adam

Credit to Adam Roach who provided helpful feedback on these areas in his
document review.

On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Wendy Seltzer <wseltzer@w3.org> wrote:

> Hi PING and Justin,
>
> At the last PING call, I indicated I would look into Justin Uberti's
> IETF draft, https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-rtcweb-ip-handling-01
>
> The primary concern I had in the previous draft, a statement that IP
> information was being compared with mic/camera permissions and deemed
> less "sensitive," has been removed, and replaced with a more nuanced
> acknowledgment that privacy concerns may differ among differing users of
> the Web and rtcweb. Moreover, the document now recommends that IP
> address be included explicitly in the permission grant.
>
> Thanks, Justin!
>
> Overall, I think the document now strikes a reasonable balance between
> information flow-control and usability. It suggests that users should be
> able to configure preferences or extensions for even greater control.
> I'd welcome others' review whether the guidance still leaves too much
> scope for surprising privacy-invasive address-leakage.
>
> --Wendy
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