Re: wake-lock privacy considerations

Hi everyone!
I strongly encourage you to look at the privacy questions Wendy put into github as well: https://github.com/w3c/ping
I created a file "wake-lock-privacy.md” there where everyone are welcome to input their feedback. Else do it on this thread and Ill summarize it in the document.
Have a great day
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Signal, Wickr (martap)

> On Jul 29, 2016, at 12:41 AM, Christine Runnegar <runnegar@isoc.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> During our call yesterday, Marta from Blockchain very kindly volunteered to compile our privacy comments regarding the Wake-Lock API.
> 
> https://www.w3.org/TR/wake-lock/
> 
> Please review the draft specification and share your views.
> 
> To get us started, here are some of the questions raised yesterday:
> 
> - If a web application makes a wake-lock request that is implemented by the user agent, what does this mean for other applications that are set to allow access to geolocation, NFC, camera, microphone when the screen is on?
> - Should this feature only be available in secure contexts?
> 
> Christine (PING co-chair)

Received on Friday, 29 July 2016 08:13:13 UTC