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Re: PING @ IETF 96 summary -- PB-mode

From: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 11:53:52 -0700
Cc: "public-privacy@w3.org" <public-privacy@w3.org>
Message-id: <C1BD5ECF-3ED1-46D5-A11A-AA56B802CE7D@apple.com>
To: Christine Runnegar <runnegar@isoc.org>

> On Jul 28, 2016, at 8:00 , Christine Runnegar <runnegar@isoc.org> wrote:
> 
> * some ideas for new work/activities
> 
> Do we want a private/incognito-browsing-mode task force?

I’d be interested in chatting about this, if we are looking for victims (I mean, volunteers) or like-minded individuals

Obvious issues:
* some users think it protects them from server-side tracking (actually, servers are unaware)
* some users think it protects them from network sniffing (actually, no changes are made in network behavior)
* some users think they’ll become untraceable/anonymous (actually, only some change is made, and probably not to major fingerprint targets like addresses)

David Singer
Manager, Software Standards, Apple Inc.
Received on Thursday, 28 July 2016 18:54:25 UTC

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